How to do a profile from a server, but that the system's hidden (domain) would show workgroup?

Question

Good day, I want to ask you for help.

About 15 years ago in my brother's workplace of Windows XP i saw on my brother s computer, that server is connected through the workgroup. That when you register into the computer, the system properties showed workgroup.

When you turn on the computer, you have to register - > CTRL+ALT+DELETE -> with your username, firstname.lastame@domain (server name), and password. Login in computer. But when I pressed control userpasswords2 - the user is not shown. So i guess that the profile was from a server. But when i pressed systems properties, the system only shows a simply workgroup and thats all. So i really want to know how to do a settings profile from a server, but that the system's hidden (domain) would show workgroup?

Answer 1

Hi Adomas Kamunavičius,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community Forums.

If what you want is a domain configuration for your work environment, such as creating a domain, creating multiple workgroups within the domain, multiple objects within the workgroups, and then logging in with a different account password for each object.

The prerequisite is that the device you are using is a server device, and then the standalone server is promoted to a domain controller.

You can install ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services) on the server console and follow the prompts:

Select "Domain Controller for New Domain".

Select "Create a new domain directory tree".

Select "Create a new directory forest for the domain directory tree".

Enter the full DNS name of the new domain (e.g. example.com).

Enter the NetBIOS domain name (e.g. EXAMPLE).

Set the storage location for the database, log files, and SYSVOL (it is recommended to store them on separate hard disks to improve performance and recoverability).

Configure DNS (the wizard will prompt you to install it if it is not already installed).

Set the administrator password for Directory Services Restore Mode (for restoring Active Directory if needed).

Complete the installation and restart the server.

On the client computer, right-click "My Computer" -> "Properties" -> "Network Identity" -> "Change Change".

Select "Domain" in "Affiliation" and enter your domain name (e.g. example.com), then enter your username and password for authentication.

Once authentication is complete, restart the client computer.

On the server, open "Administrative Tools" -> "Active Directory Users and Computers".

In Active Directory Users and Computers, you can create Organizational Units (OUs) to organize users, groups, and computers, and create new user accounts.

Best regards

Neuvi Jiang

Answer 2

Thank you for your answer. But you  answered not what I was asking at all, because you just showed instructions how to join domain. I didn't ask you, how to join domain in windows (properties). I asked you  how to secretly connect domain through workgroup. Because in one company, that is now bankrupt, in the workers  computers were concealed domain and only workgroup was shown. I think it was because of an  economical issues. And as many years passed by, I do not know who did these changes. No one knows from computerists that I have asked  in Lithuania, how these canges in that computers were done. Maybe someone from your colleagues could help. So my question is : how secretly  configurate domain in the clients computer, but that domain would not be shown anywhere, and in system's  features would only show workgroup?