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Frustrations & Windows Daantje on 25 Oct 2007 12:21 pm

How to join a Windows XP client to a Windows domain

Wow, so much frustrations, just don’t know how windows works… This here is just for me, cause I keep forgetting!

On client machine:

  • right click on My Computer
  • Properties
  • Machine name
  • Change domain button
  • Add to workgroup
  • Restart…
  • right click on My Computer
  • Properties
  • Machine name
  • Change domain button
  • Add to domain
  • Join with login and pass
  • Restart…

Done…

Then sync time with domain controler…

  • Login with administrator account.
  • Open command prompt.
  • Type following:

    w32tm /config /syncfromflags:domhier /update
    net stop w32time
    net start w32time

Done…

3 Responses to “How to join a Windows XP client to a Windows domain”

  1. on 14 Jul 2008 at 3:21 pm 1.blaat said …

    Install the support tools from the CD, it comes with \

  2. on 14 Jul 2008 at 3:21 pm 2.blaat said …

    lol your comment code seems b0rked up, try double-quotes

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  3. on 14 Jul 2008 at 3:23 pm 3.blaat said …

    hmm looks allright

    anyway, the support tools (on the cd) comes with a tool called netdom which can be used to join windows to a domain from cmd :)

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