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How do you join a computer to a Windows Domain?

To join a computer to a Domain, please perform the following steps. 

Please Note: Whenever you are prompted by Microsoft Windows to reboot the computer, it is important to click OK and reboot the computer.   The rebooting of the computer completes the process.
  1. Click Start – Control Panel – System – Advanced System Settings.

  2. Click the Computer Name tab.

  3. By default, a new computer is setup in a Peer To Peer Configuration also knows as a Windows Workgroup.  Below Computer Name, you should see the word Workgroup with a colon.  If this is correct, the following steps will be appropriate.  If you see the word Domain, the computer has already been joined to a Domain.  In this case, you will need to:

  4. Click Change.

  5. Select Workgroup.

  6. In the Workgroup field, type: WORKGROUP.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Click OK.

  9. Click OK to reboot.  After rebooting the computer, you can and then proceed with the following steps. 

  10. In addition, prior to joining a computer to a Domain, it is normally best to assign a naming convention of some kind to each of the computers.  I recommend WS-1, WS-2, WS-3, etc.  If you wish to rename the Computer Name, you will need to:

  11. Click Change.

  12. In the Computer Name field, type your new Computer Name.

  13. Click OK.

  14. Click OK.

  15. Click OK to reboot.  After rebooting the computer, you can then proceed with the following steps.

  16. To join the Computer to the Domain, perform the following:

  17. Click Start – Control Panel – System – Advanced System Settings.

  18. Click the Computer Name tab.

  19. Click Change.

  20. Select Domain.

  21. In the Domain field, type the name of the Domain.

  22. Click OK.

  23. You will then be prompted to enter a username and password.  In the username field, type: administrator.  In the password field, type the password for your administrator user account.
  24. After a few moments, a dialog box will appear that says Welcome to your Domain. 

  25. Click OK.

  26. Click OK.

  27. Click OK to reboot.  After rebooting the computer, this process has now been completed.
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