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account before installation or, if you have been assigned the Add Workstations To
Domain right, you can create the computer account during installation. If you create
the computer account during installation, Setup prompts you for the name and password
of a user account with authority to add domain computer accounts.
Available domain controller and a server running the DNS service (called the
DNS server) At least one domain controller in the domain that you are joining and
one DNS server must be online when you install a computer in the domain.
Joining a Workgroup
When you install Windows XP Professional on a computer, you can add that computer
to an existing workgroup. This process is referred to as joining a workgroup.
You can join a computer to a workgroup during installation simply by assigning a
workgroup name to the computer. The workgroup name you assign can be the name
of an existing workgroup or the name of a new workgroup that you create during
installation.
How to Ensure You Have the Necessary Information Before Installing
Windows XP Professional
Complete the following preinstallation checklist to ensure that you have all the necessary
information available before you begin installing Windows XP Professional.
Task Done
Verify that your components meet the minimum hardware requirements.
Verify that all your hardware is listed in the Windows Catalog.
Verify that the hard disk on which you will install Windows XP Professional has a
minimum of 1.5 GB of free disk space.
Select the file system for the Windows XP Professional partition. Format this partition
with NTFS unless you need to dual boot operating systems with an operating system
that requires a FAT partition.
Determine the name of the domain or workgroup that each computer will join. If the
computer joins a domain, write down the domain name in the DNS format:
server.subdomain.domain. If the computer joins a workgroup, use the
15-character NetBIOS naming convention: Server_name.
Determine the name of the computer before installation.
If the computer will join a domain, create a computer account in that domain. You can
create a computer account during installation if you have been granted the Add Workstations
To Domain right.
Determine a password for the Administrator account.
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