active directory domain

[kevin]

I have upgraded from W-XP-Home Ed. to W-XP-Professional
and I want to create a DOMAIN. The steps to do this,
Q308194, mention "Active Directory Users and Computers".
I can not locate this option. It should be at the end of
this path, START/PROGRAMS/ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS/ but it is
not. How do I activate the "Active Directory Users and
Computers" option?

[Matt Coy]

Hi Kevin,

Creating a domain through Active Directory requires the server version of
the Windows software-- Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003. The
client versions of Windows cannot do this.

--
Matt Coy, MCSE
Microsoft MVP (Windows XP)

"kevin" > wrote in message
...
> I have upgraded from W-XP-Home Ed. to W-XP-Professional
> and I want to create a DOMAIN. The steps to do this,
> Q308194, mention "Active Directory Users and Computers".
> I can not locate this option. It should be at the end of
> this path, START/PROGRAMS/ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS/ but it is
> not. How do I activate the "Active Directory Users and
> Computers" option?
>
>

[Mike Truitt [Microsoft]]

Kevin,

You will have to introduce a server (2000 or 2003) into the environment and
run dcpromo to create an Active Directory Domain.

Best regards,

Mike Truitt
Microsoft Corporation