ofcourse! use the windows 7 profesional. 'cause the words domain is only for the internet.
Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate
Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions have a feature called Domain Join, which is designed to join a domain quickly and more securely.
Normally, Windows XP Home Edition cannot join network domains, simply peer-to-peer workgroups. However, there is a fix which can solve the problem and allow WinXP Home Edition to join a domain. Microsoft wanted to cripple Windows XP Home Edition so that it could not be used on domains, which would force many to upgrade to the more expensive Windows XP Professional Edition simply to join a network domain. However, it -is- possible to get on a domain using Windows XP Home Edition.The website from which this answer plagiarized goes on to say:This can also be accomplished with the free and widely available Xteq X-Setup 6.1 by navigating to the "Network \ Auto Login \ Windows NT/2K/XP \ Settings" option within X-Setup. Simply enter the appropriate information and click "Apply Changes" - upon your next reboot, you can then join domains with WinXP Home Edition. Problem solved. X-Setup includes many other useful Windows XP tweaks / hacks / etc. for Windows XP as well, all free for personal use.The website in question.[1]That being said, the question wasn't how to join a domain with WinXP Home, but how to join a workgroup to a domain, and that is not possible, because they are two completely different systems.
Windows 98 machines don't join a domain - they are just able to browse it. You only have a choice to change the workgroup name on a Win98 machine - you make the workgroup name the same as the domain name and they can browse the network resources and map drives to them. They are like XP Home edition which can just join workgroups and not domains.
The System applet in the control panel will allow you to join a system to a domain.
Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate
user account and a computer account
The Windows server OS has the ability to establish and manage a domain network. A Windows client on the other hand can only join such a network but not control it.
Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate
Windows 7 Home Basic is only licensed for sale in certain locations (mostly third-world countries). It has a limited version of the Aero interface, can't join a Windows Domain, and is missing several of the other networking and business features that the Professional edition has.
The process of actually joining a computer to a domain must occur at the computer itself and be performed by a member of the computer's local Administrators group. After logging on, you join a computer running Windows Server 2003 to a domain from the Computer Name tab in the System Properties dialog box (which is accessible from the System icon in Control Panel).
To join a domain, you go to the Computer Properties and the Identification tab. Tell the system you want to join a domain, then provide the domain you want to join. You will be asked for administrator credentials in order to join the domain from a client.
yes, you just have to copy and paste a virus, deflect it and send it through the system.