Windows XP-Pro and XP-MultiMedia

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FKotch@lcndirect.com - 31 Oct 2005 15:36 GMT

I thought that the multi-media edition was built on an XP-Pro chassis.

I'm trying to join a computer running multimedia to a domain at work.
I cannot get the button "Network ID" to work. It is always grayed-out.

Can someone please point me in the right direction.

THanks,
Frank
Frank Kotch
Sensible Leadership

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Yves Leclerc - 31 Oct 2005 22:53 GMT

The multi-media version is known as Media Center Edition. Media Center
Edition 2005 has all the "domain" features removed for it. So it will not
join a domain. Other than this, is based on XP Pro!

>I thought that the multi-media edition was built on an XP-Pro chassis.
>
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> Frank Kotch
> Sensible Leadership

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Chuck - 31 Oct 2005 23:08 GMT

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 09:36:48 -0500, *email_address_deleted* wrote:

>I thought that the multi-media edition was built on an XP-Pro chassis.
>
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>Frank Kotch
>Sensible Leadership

Frank,

XP MCE 2005, with its Media Extenders, can't join a domain per Microsoft design.
But what Microsoft can engineer, others can hack. See this thread in BBR
Forums, where some guys claim success getting around the MCE / domain issue.
<http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14685977>

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