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what os is the user using? &nbsp;home edition of xp,vista, 7 cannot join to domain.<br />
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what os is the user using?  home edition of xp,vista, 7 cannot join to domain.



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This will not be possible unless the window (sysdm.cpl) &nbsp;is opened using administrative rights. You can use the netdom tool and psexec to remotely do the task.<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23613597/Remote-domain-join-using-NetDom-PSexec.html" rel="ugc">Remote domain join using NetDom &amp;&nbsp;PSexec</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windows-server-ad/35047/Using-NETDOM-EXE-to-add-Windows-Vista-to-domain" rel="ugc">http://www.winserverkb.com<wbr />/Uwe/Forum<wbr />.aspx/wind<wbr />ows-server<wbr />-ad/35047/<wbr />Using-NETD<wbr />OM-EXE-to-<wbr />add-Window<wbr />s-Vista-to<wbr />-domain</a><br />
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Above link will work for XP as well.
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This will not be possible unless the window (sysdm.cpl)  is opened using administrative rights. You can use the netdom tool and psexec to remotely do the task.

Remote domain join using NetDom & PSexec [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23613597/Remote-domain-join-using-NetDom-PSexec.html]

http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windows-server-ad/35047/Using-NETDOM-EXE-to-add-Windows-Vista-to-domain [http://www.winserverkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/windows-server-ad/35047/Using-NETDOM-EXE-to-add-Windows-Vista-to-domain]

Above link will work for XP as well.

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We are having a requirement to add the PC's to domain but we cannot provide local admin rights to the users. There is a account which have delegation to add the PC's to domain and it can be provided when asked for but the user is not getting the option change the Domain information in system Properties.<br />
Is there any registry value where we can provide the access to the local User so that he can modify the settings. I have also tried to use a script to join a PC to domain but it in not working. <br />
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We are having a requirement to add the PC's to domain but we cannot provide local admin rights to the users. There is a account which have delegation to add the PC's to domain and it can be provided when asked for but the user is not getting the option change the Domain information in system Properties.
Is there any registry value where we can provide the access to the local User so that he can modify the settings. I have also tried to use a script to join a PC to domain but it in not working. 



Joining Computer to domain

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Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).