How do you log into a domain with XP Home Edition? In Win98, you go to the Network Neighborhood properties and click on the properties for Client for Microsoft Networks and you can log into a domain. I can't find anything that says about how to log into a domain with XP Home Edition.
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How to log into a domain from XP Home Edition? 1
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I just thought of something. I can't try it but maybe you can. Try logging in to your domain as:
domainnanme/username
The username must already exist as a domain user i'm sure.
Let me know if it works?
The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
domainnanme/username
The username must already exist as a domain user i'm sure.
Let me know if it works?
The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
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Have done more research. You may need to get NetBIOS running on your client computer in order to join a domain.
XP uses DNS instead of NetBIOS to name domains.
As a result, if you've installed only TCP/IP on the XP client as I think XP Home does, the client can't join an NT 4.0 domain. To enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, perform the following steps:
Right-click My Network, and select Properties from the context menu.
Right-click your Local Area Connection, and select Properties from the context menu.
Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
Click Advanced, and select the WINS tab.
Click "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP."
Click OK, and ignore the WINS error.
Click OK to close all dialog boxes.
Hope this helps. Post a reply on success or failure. The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
XP uses DNS instead of NetBIOS to name domains.
As a result, if you've installed only TCP/IP on the XP client as I think XP Home does, the client can't join an NT 4.0 domain. To enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP, perform the following steps:
Right-click My Network, and select Properties from the context menu.
Right-click your Local Area Connection, and select Properties from the context menu.
Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
Click Advanced, and select the WINS tab.
Click "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP."
Click OK, and ignore the WINS error.
Click OK to close all dialog boxes.
Hope this helps. Post a reply on success or failure. The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
If rjkrash's suggestion would work, it would be:
domain name\username
"\" not a "/"
Also, Windows XP can "participate" in any domain much in the same way Windows 95/98/ME could. It just doesn't have that extra feature where system administrators can remotely control and maintain it. Just think about it. You would never see Windows XP Home on a laptop if this wasn't true.
domain name\username
"\" not a "/"
Also, Windows XP can "participate" in any domain much in the same way Windows 95/98/ME could. It just doesn't have that extra feature where system administrators can remotely control and maintain it. Just think about it. You would never see Windows XP Home on a laptop if this wasn't true.
opps you are right cdogg it should be a "\" not a "/".
And you are also correct that it can 'participate' in file and print sharing etc. But, XP home doesn't seem to have the ability like 95/98/ME did of 'joining' a domain by making the computer name "known" to the domain name service on the domain server. That Feature is unavailable in XP Home. The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
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And you are also correct that it can 'participate' in file and print sharing etc. But, XP home doesn't seem to have the ability like 95/98/ME did of 'joining' a domain by making the computer name "known" to the domain name service on the domain server. That Feature is unavailable in XP Home. The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
If you found this post helpful click on the link below and vote for it. I want to win a coffee mug! s-)
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Ok, I have the NetBIOS over TCP/IP done and I tried the slash both ways. I'm positive the user is on both the Domain server and the Laptop itself and I even have the same password for the user on both. When I try to log in like that, I get the error message you get when you type a wrong user or password that says "The system could not log you on. Please make sure the domain...". The server is a Samba server, but I can log into it just fine from a Windows 98 PC. Any other ideas?
Is this SAMBA server that you refer to the file and print sharing protocol added to your server's OS? What OS is it running on? Is this an NT 4.0 or Win2K or Unix or Linux domain?
What is the complete error message from the logon attempt?
Can you share files and printers? Can your client (WinXP Home)find the server when you
right click on My Network and choose Search for Computers...
Make the client a member of a workgroup and see if the server can see it when it searches the Entire Network.
See lmhosts.sam in sysdrive:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc open it with notepad. This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to computernames (NetBIOS) names.
You tried NetBIOS how about NetBUEI. It can be found on the WinXP Home cd at drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NET\NETBEUI.
Or mabe another protocol will work like NWLINK ..
I'm not sure if this will be any help but can't hurt. The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
If you found this post helpful click on the link below and vote for it. I want to win a coffee mug! s-)
What is the complete error message from the logon attempt?
Can you share files and printers? Can your client (WinXP Home)find the server when you
right click on My Network and choose Search for Computers...
Make the client a member of a workgroup and see if the server can see it when it searches the Entire Network.
See lmhosts.sam in sysdrive:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc open it with notepad. This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to computernames (NetBIOS) names.
You tried NetBIOS how about NetBUEI. It can be found on the WinXP Home cd at drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NET\NETBEUI.
Or mabe another protocol will work like NWLINK ..
I'm not sure if this will be any help but can't hurt. The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
If you found this post helpful click on the link below and vote for it. I want to win a coffee mug! s-)
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SAMBA is a Linux server, but it acts as a Windows Server. Windows 95, 98, NT 4, and 2000 Pro can all log into it fine with just NetBeui, TCP/IP, and Client for Microsoft Networks installed. Yes, when you look through the Entire Network you can see the server and when your in a Workgroup you can see it and all the other computers in the workgroup. I don't know if the Find Computer thing will work, I would think it would if you can see it in the network, but i'll have to try it if installing NetBeui doesn't work. I'm positive NWLink won't do anything. LMhosts doesn't have anything in it yet. I'll try installing NetBeui tomorrow and post what happens. I couldn't figure out how to install that on XP.
See this link:
I have been looking into this and the link above seems to tell the tale.
I think the only right thing to do is upgrade to XP Pro.
sorry B-(
Dik The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
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I have been looking into this and the link above seems to tell the tale.
I think the only right thing to do is upgrade to XP Pro.
sorry B-(
Dik The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.
If you found this post helpful click on the link below and vote for it. I want to win a coffee mug! s-)
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Nope, I haven't seen that, but what that article says is what has been going through my head since I started trying to do this with XP. lol Well, I think that is the most logical solution too. Thanks for that article though, now I won't have to try and explain all of that myself.
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