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<chapter id="appendix">
  <title>A Collection of Useful Tidbits</title>

	<para>
	<indexterm><primary>material</primary></indexterm>
	<indexterm><primary>domain</primary><secondary>joining</secondary></indexterm>
	Information presented here is considered to be either basic or well-known material that is informative
	yet helpful. Over the years, I have observed an interesting behavior. There is an expectation that
	the process for joining a Windows client to a Samba-controlled Windows domain may somehow involve steps
	different from doing so with Windows NT4 or a Windows ADS domain. Be assured that the steps are identical,
	as shown in the example given below.
	</para>

<sect1 id="domjoin">
<title>Joining a Domain: Windows 200x/XP Professional</title>

	<para>
	<indexterm><primary>joining a domain</primary></indexterm>
	Microsoft Windows NT/200x/XP Professional platforms can participate in Domain Security.
	This section steps through the process for making a Windows 200x/XP Professional machine a
	member of a Domain Security environment. It should be noted that this process is identical
	when joining a domain that is controlled by Windows NT4/200x as well as a Samba PDC.
	</para>

	<procedure>
	<title>Steps to Join a Domain</title>

		<step><para>
		Click <guimenu>Start</guimenu>.
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		Right-click <guimenu>My Computer</guimenu>, and then select <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>.
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		The opening panel is the same one that can be reached by clicking <guimenu>System</guimenu> on the Control Panel.
		See <link linkend="swxpp001"></link>.
		<figure id="swxpp001"><title>The General Panel.</title><imagefile>wxpp001</imagefile></figure>
		</para></step>

		<step><para>
		Click the <guimenu>Computer Name</guimenu> tab.
		This panel shows the <guimenuitem>Computer Description</guimenuitem>, the <guimenuitem>Full computer name</guimenuitem>,
		and the <guimenuitem>Workgroup</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Domain name</guimenuitem>.
		</para>

		<para>
		Clicking the <guim