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You can also select to " View workgroup computers ", and since your workgroup name is the same as the domain-name, you should now see all systems in the domain. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again" Once you have communication to the Domain server, and made a new login, THEN go again to the Control-Panel, select the System icon: or right-click "My Computer" on the desktop and select Properties Select the tab : Computer Name Select now to " Change " Select to be a " Member of Click on OK.

If your network administrator has already created the " Computer Account " on the Windows NT4 or Windows Domain server, then you are done. If the " Computer Account " does not yet exist on the Domain server, then you will be prompted for a Username and password : This is NOT any username defined on your Windows XP system, but a username defined on the Domain server, which has the rights to add systems to a Domain usually the Administrator.

You will be back in the "System Properties", where you are now listed as being part of a domain. This will make you use the Windows classic sign on and off screen like you want. Ed C 5 Rhenium. Thanks for the tips guys, I was able to change the logon, but to setup the domain, I need to be at work.

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