RE: connect XP pro to domain

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"Misheck" wrote:

sorry to bother you but I need a bit of help to connect my pc to domain.
Here is a list of what I have and the questions below. Sorry about the
questions but the 290 Microsoft press does not provide any info on
configuring a server most of the items have been skipped.

1 pc with Win 2003 server enterprise named Server01 with Domain called
Contoso.com
2 pc with XP Pro with SP2
1 8 port switch
1 wireless router connected to broadband modem

The Server01 has 1 NIC card so I have connected that to port 2 on the switch
and I have also connected the wireless router using ethernet to the uplink
port for the switch and then plugged my 2 XP pro computers to the switch
using the available ports.

On Server01 in the contoso domain I have added the computer names to the
domain and also created user accountso n the domain and created a dhcp scope
of 192.168.0.10-254 and allocated the server01 a static IP of 192.168.0.10
and a default gateway of 192.168.1.1 which is provided by the wireless
router.I installed an active directory. I installed a dhcp server and Dns
forwarder. I have not changed anything on the xp pcs besides try to join
them to domain and failed. I have disabled the firewall on server01.

I have verified that the DHCP, AD, User accounts, Computer Accounts are
there in the Contoso.com domain under the admin tools section.

I went through to system properties-change- join to domain- entered domain
name- then a box came up whereby I had to enter a username and password and
I entered the user details I had created on Server01 but I keep getting
wrong username or bad password.

[b]Am I doing something wrong or is there something I need to setup on the
XP or Server01?
Should I disable DHCP server+ DNS on my wireless Router?
How can I make all my connections by the XP pcs go through the Server01?
Why am I getting error message when the user accounts are valid and
passwords in the Contoso Domain?
How can I create a subnet mask so I can carry on using my wireless internet
whilst tinkering around with the DC and XP pcs?


You have to use the domain administrator account or user account that belong
to the domain admin group in order to join those XP machines to the domain.
It seems to me you are using domain user account that you had created which
doesn't have the privillege to join the domain
.

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