RE: Problem joining to winnt domain

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From: Desmond Lee (mcp_at_donotspamplease.mars)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:19:02 -0800

You should be able to join XP Pro client to a Win NT 4 Domain without any
problems. A domain controller must exist for this to happen.

Otherwise they are islands of their own unless they happen to be using the
default Workgroup. In such a case, resources can still be shared but one
loses the benefit of central administration for example (one key benefit of
Domain vs. Workgroup).

"paulo" wrote:

> When i tried to join win xp prof'l workstation to a winnt 4.0 server, i
> recieved an error and prompt "a domain controller for the domain could not be
> contacted."

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