Network Identification Wizard and Network ID disabled?

Question

I have a new laptop running XP Media Center and I want to use it at work.

When I try to join a Domain, the Domain option is greyed out--it looks like Network Identification Wizard and the Network ID functions are disabled. Is this possible?

How do I enable these?

Is this only an issue with Media Center--I have never seen this with Home edition or Professional?

The steps I am using now is START>Right Click MY COMPUTER>PROPERTIES>COMPUTER NAME>NETWORK ID (except that network id is greyed out and is not available).

Additional Details

Yes, I am signing on as the administrator.

Answer 1

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Q. Can I connect a new PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to a work network or domain?

A. While you can access network resources on a work network or a domain, you cannot join a Windows XP Media Center 2005 PC to the domain. PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 are designed specifically for home use. Professional features, specifically Domain Join and Cached Credentials (Credentials Manager for logins) are not included. As a result, you will be prompted for your login username/password to access network resources after a reboot or logging back into the PC. In addition, file shares or network resources set to require a domain-joined PC for access will not be available. Remote Desktop and Encrypting File System support are still included.


Sorry :-(

Source(s):

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/media…

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Thank you for your precise answer.