Win XP Media and networking

[TommyD]

Hi Friends.
I am a bit baffled. I was trying to add a new win XP Media Edition onto an existing domain and it would not let me. What gives? Usually when you set up XP networking it asks if you want to join the pc onto a domain. How can I correct this? Any ideas except load XP Pro on this pc?

TIA
Tom

[z1p]

Bad news. Here an excerpt from a MS web page.

Can I connect a new PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to a work network or domain?
While you can access network resources on a work network or a domain, you cannot join a Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 PC to the domain. PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 are designed specifically for home use. Windows XP Professional features, specifically Domain Join and Cached Credentials (Credentials Manager for logons) are not included. As a result, you will be prompted for your logon user name and password to access network resources after you reboot or log back on to the PC. In addition, file shares or network resources that are set to require a domain-joined PC for access will not be available. Remote Desktop and Encrypting File System support are still included.