Windows vista join a domain

Under Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings , click Change settings. Under Member of , click Domain , type the name of the domain that you wish this computer to join, and then click OK. Checklist: Setting Up a Federation Server. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported.

Download Microsoft Edge More info. A common problem when joining to a domain is problem with DNS settings. In our case a DNS name does not exist. This could mean that our server is not configured correctly or it could mean that we have wrong DNS settings on our local computer.

When joining computer to a domain we have to have domain level administrative privileges. Also, after the joining is successful, any local Group Policy settings that come in conflict with domain settings, will be overridden by the domain Group Policy settings. Then on the Computer Name tab click the Change button.

We have to have domain level administrative privileges to join a computer to the domain. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Before you start Objectives: learn where you can find options to join a Vista computer to a domain. Key terms: domain, settings, vista, group policy, system, joining, workgroup, server Check Current State To verify if our computer is on a workgroup or a on a domain, go to the Control Panel and then System in Classic View.

Even by opening ports, , , 88 and 53 I still could not join the domain. Since I am not a professor of firewalls and port numbers, I took the ruthless approach and just temporarily turned the Windows Firewall Off on the server side. If I turned the Firewall O n at the server, the Vista machine just would not join the domain. When I turned the firewall O f f the Vista machines joined the main without any trouble.

For me, this discovery finally sealed the message The following error occurred attempting to join the domain as a firewall problem. See SolarWinds Firewall Browser ». Creating a computer account in Active Directory While there is no harm in creating a computer account in the name of the machine that you want to join to the domain, this is neither essential, nor is it the root cause of this error. The only problem that creating a computer solves, is if the account that tries to join the Vista machine to the domain is NOT a Domain Admin.

Even in this situation, Vista provides a dialog box so that you can enter the name of Domain Admin and thus overcome permission problems. In my troubleshooting experiments the key to persuading a Vista machine to join an Active Directory domain was turning off the firewall at the Windows Server end.

In my opinion The following error occurred attempting to join the domain is most likely to be a firewall problem. Improved Windows Explorer. Finding Tools Menu and Explorer Settings.

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