{"id":29,"date":"2016-12-20T20:45:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/?p=29"},"modified":"2016-12-20T20:46:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:46:22","slug":"get-windows-media-center-2005-join-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/get-windows-media-center-2005-join-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Windows Media Center 2005 to Join a Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Changing a registry key will allow you to join a domain and cache credentials thus making MCE2K5 the same as XP SP2 Pro (Retail) w\/ Media Center. The problem is this registry key cannot be changed from within Windows. One quick note: THIS WILL DISABLE FAST USER SWITCHING AND WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO USE MEDIA EXTENDERS (XBOX 360).<\/strong>
\nHere are some instructions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Dual boot into Windows or use Barts PE<\/li>\n
  2. Start Registry Editor, click on HKEY_Local_Machine<\/li>\n
  3. Click on File, Load Hive<\/li>\n
  4. Select c:\\Windows\\System32\\Config\\System file<\/li>\n
  5. Give it a name: MCE<\/li>\n
  6. Browse to HKEY_Local_Machine\\MCE\\WPA\\MedCtrUpg<\/li>\n
  7. Change IsLegacyMCE to 1 (ONE)<\/li>\n
  8. Browse to HKEY_Local_Machine\\MCE<\/li>\n
  9. Click File, Unload Hive<\/li>\n
  10. Reboot the PC<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The method above is the easier way to go about this. If for whatever reason you have an issues you may want to try this other method. This way uses the recovery console to copy the registry file, edit the copy and then copy the duplicate over the original.
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    1. Insert Windows XP CD.<\/li>\n
    2. Start > Run > X:\\i386\\winnt32.exe \/cmdcons<\/li>\n
    3. (replace X: with the appropiate drive letter)<\/li>\n
    4. Acknowledge prompt by clicking Yes<\/li>\n
    5. Skip updating process by clicking Cancel or by pressing Esc<\/li>\n
    6. After installation, acknowledge success msg. by clicking Ok<\/li>\n
    7. Start > Shutdown > Restart<\/li>\n
    8. At boot menu, select Microsoft Windows Recovery Console<\/li>\n
    9. Select proper installation to log onto (default: 1) and press Enter<\/li>\n
    10. (If prompted, enter Administrator password and press Enter)<\/li>\n
    11. Type (without quotes) and press enter: cd system32\\config<\/li>\n
    12. Type (without quotes) and press enter: copy SYSTEM C:\\<\/li>\n
    13. Type (without quotes) and press enter: exit<\/li>\n
    14. At boot menu, select Windows XP Media Center Edition<\/li>\n
    15. Start > Run > Type: regedit and press enter<\/li>\n
    16. Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE<\/li>\n
    17. File > Load Hive<\/li>\n
    18. Browse and select C:\\SYSTEM<\/li>\n
    19. Specify key name BANANA and click OK<\/li>\n
    20. Expand: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > BANANA > WPA > MedCtrUpg<\/li>\n
    21. On the right-hand side, double-click IsLegacyMCE value<\/li>\n
    22. Change selected value to 1 and click Ok. (THAT IS NOT AN L!)<\/li>\n
    23. Click on BANANA subkey (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)<\/li>\n
    24. File > Unload Hive. Confirm.<\/li>\n
    25. Start > Shutdown > Restart<\/li>\n
    26. At boot menu, select Microsoft Windows Recovery Console<\/li>\n
    27. Select proper installation to log onto (default: 1) and press Enter<\/li>\n
    28. (If prompted, enter Administrator password and press Enter)<\/li>\n
    29. Type (without quotes) and press enter: cd \\<\/li>\n
    30. Type (without quotes) and press enter: copy SYSTEM C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\CONFIG\\SYSTEM<\/li>\n
    31. (Yes, you want to overwrite – Go ahead and do it)<\/li>\n
    32. Type (without quotes) and press enter: del SYSTEM<\/li>\n
    33. Type (without quotes) and press enter: exit<\/li>\n
    34. At boot menu, select Windows XP Media Center Edition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Changing a registry key will allow you to join a domain and cache credentials thus making MCE2K5 the same as XP SP2 Pro (Retail) w\/ Media Center. The problem is this registry key cannot be changed from within Windows. One quick note: THIS WILL DISABLE FAST USER SWITCHING AND WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO USE … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8dRrM-t","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}