How to create a WinXP domain environment and join the computer to the domain

I believe that many users know how to create a WinXP domain environment. As the original management of domain management must be to manage computers and users in the domain, then we need to learn to join a computer to the domain, if Friends who are not yet, may wish to take a look at the detailed introduction of this tutorial. It will teach you how to join a computer to a domain under WinXP.

Description:

To complete the following steps, you must be logged in as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group. If your computer is already connected to the network, the relevant network policy settings may also prevent you from doing this.

Method:

1. Log in to the computer as an administrator. Right click on My Computer and select Properties from the shortcut menu that appears. The System Properties dialog will appear on the screen.

2. On the Computer Name tab, click Change. As shown in Figure 1, in the Computer Name Changes dialog box, select Domain and enter the domain name in the appropriate text box. In the example presented in this article, the current computer named hq-res-wrk-o1 has been added to the domain named Reskit.

3. Enter the username and password used for authentication to prove that you have the appropriate permissions to join the relevant domain.

4. When the Welcome to the domain message appears, click OK. In order for the changes to take effect, you must restart your computer.

After the above operation is successful, the task of joining the computer to the domain under WinXP is successfully completed. If you are interested in the knowledge of the domain environment, you can conduct in-depth research, which will be of great help to users in managing computers.