Joining the Network Environment


Adding a Windows XP Professional based computer to a logical grouping of computers is called joining the domain or workgroup. To add a computer to the domain, you must be logged on to the computer with an account that is a member of the local Administrators group. If the account does not have administrative rights at the domain controller, another administrative account that does must be used. You can add a computer to a domain by using the Network Identification wizard.

Note 

In a Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domain, permissions to add computers to a domain can be delegated to non-administrative user accounts. A domain administrator determines the delegation strategy used in an enterprise. For more information about delegation, see Authorization and Access Control in this book.

Network Identification Wizard

The Network Identification wizard provides a simple interface for joining a Windows XP Professional based computer to a Windows NT domain, Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 domain, or a Windows XP Professional workgroup.

To start the Network Identification wizard

  1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

  2. On the Computer Name tab, click Network ID, and then click Next.

  3. Select This computer is part of a business network, and I use it to connect to other computers at work, and then click Next.

Follow the subsequent instructions to complete the process.

Changing Windows Workgroup Membership

In the default Setup configuration, a Windows XP Professional based computer is a member of a workgroup called WORKGROUP. You can change workgroup membership by logging on to an account that has administrative permissions. You can also enable your Windows XP Professional based computer to manually join a Windows workgroup.

Warning 

If your computer was a member of a domain before you joined the workgroup, it is disjoined from the domain, and your computer account is disabled.

To join a Windows workgroup

  1. In Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance.

  2. Click System.

  3. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Computer Name tab.

  4. Click Change.

  5. Under Member of, click Workgroup.

  6. Type the name of the workgroup that you want to join, and then click OK.

  7. Click OK twice to return to the System Properties dialog box.

  8. Click OK, and then click Yes to restart the computer.

Manually Joining a Windows Domain

As mentioned earlier, in the default Setup configuration, a Windows XP Professional based computer is a member of a workgroup called WORKGROUP. You can move from a workgroup to a domain by logging on to an account that has administrative permissions. You can also manually configure a Windows XP Professional based computer to join a Windows domain.

To join a Windows domain

  1. In Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance.

  2. Click System.

  3. In the System Properties dialog box, select the Computer Name tab.

  4. Click Change.

  5. If the computer account has been created at the domain controller, enter the user name, password, and domain, and then click Next.

    or

    If the computer account has not been created at the domain controller do the following:

    1. Enter the user name, password, and domain name, and then click Next.

    2. At the prompt, enter the user name and password of an Administrator account, and then click OK.

  6. Click OK twice to return to the System Properties dialog box.

  7. Click OK, and then click Yes to restart the computer.




Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
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Year: 2005
Pages: 338
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