Re: Networking XP Pro to a Downlevel NT4 domain

From: allan grossman [mvp] (allan_grossman_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:57:31 -0700

Hi again -

There are two ways to create a domain account on an NT4
domain - the first is to run Server Manager either from
the server or the client (it's on the server CD if you
decide to install it on the client) and the other is to
create the domain account from the workstation. Let's
try that one first ;-)

On the XP machine if you right-click My Computer and
select Properties --> Computer Name you'll see where to
join the computer to a domain. Since you now have
connectivity to the DC it should work just fine. When
you try to join the domain you'll be prompted for the
username and password of someone authorized to add
computers to the domain - if you're a domain admin all
you do is put your domain admin username and password in
the box and away you go ;-)

Holler if you need more help -

>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the input. I enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP and
now I'm getting a
>different message. (At least the XP workstation is now
finding the NT4
>PDC.) I am now getting an access denied message.
>
>We are not running DCHP here. The NT4 box, as far as I
know, is running
>SP4. I know that XP boxes can hook to this domain
because there are three
>XP boxes hooked in already. Now we just got a new
laptop in loaded with XP
>Pro and I was tasked with joining it to the domain. I'm
dealing with old
>technology here... I'm an MCSE on 2000 not NT4. How
does one create a
>machine account on the PDC?
>
>Could you lend me more more insight on this issue?
Thanks again.

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