How to join a windows xp machine on a domain

For security purposes., most companies joins each of their machines to the domain they are using. This controls what users can and can't do on a computer system. Group policy is more often seen in use for enterprise environments, it is also common in schools, smaller businesses and other kinds of smaller organizations. Group Policy is often used to restrict certain actions that may pose potential security risks, for example: to block access to the Task Manager, restrict access to certain folders, disable the downloading of executable files and so on.

How to join a windows xp machine on a domain

To change a computer name and to join a domain or a workgroup, first you need to locate the System Properties. You can find this through the following:

1. Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK.
3. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click System.

Let's begin

1. Now click on the Computer Name tab, and then click Change.
2. Type the new computer name in the Computer name dialog box.
3. Type the domain name on the dialog box.
4. More to change the primary Domain Name System (DNS) suffix.
5. OK three times, and then restart your machine.