How to join Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to a Domain
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How to join Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to a Domain- Insert any Windows XP CD.
- Boot to the CD and choose 'Recovery Console'
- Select the installation to log onto (default: 1) and press
Enter. (Most likely the administrator password will be blank. If
it is not enter the password you set or contact the manufacturer.)
- Type cd system32\config and press Enter.
- Type copy SYSTEM c:\ and press Enter.
- Type exit and press Enter.
- Boot the PC back into Windows
- Start > Run > Type: regedit and press Enter.
- Click on 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'.
- File > Load Hive...
- Browse and select C:\SYSTEM
- Specify key name 'TEMP' and click OK.
- Expand: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > TEMP > WPA > MedCtrUpg
- Change the IsLegacyMCE value to 1 and click ok.(one, not an L) Click on TEMP subkey (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE).
- File > Unload Hive. Confirm.
- Reboot the PC.
- Boot into the Recovery Console using the Windows CD again
- Select the installation to log onto (default: 1) and press
Enter.
- Type cd\ and press Enter.
- Type copy SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM and
press Enter.(Choose 'yes' to overwrite)
- Type del SYSTEM and press Enter.
- Type exit and press Enter.
- Boot up Windows.
- The 'Join Domain' option should no longer be grayed
out.
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