Windows Media Center 2005 Can't Join Domains -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DLL patching hero Rafael has found a great way to enable your MCE 2005 install to join Windows domains. Rafael, known for patching the now famous uxtheme.dll to enable custom Windows XP msstyle themes has found a reg edit in Windows XP Media Center 2005 to unlock the previously "greyed out" join domain option. This method is pretty complex but confirmed to work. This will allow you to leave and join domains within Windows Media Center Edition 2005. 01 - Insert Windows XP CD. 02 - Start > Run > X:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons 03 - (replace X: with the appropiate drive letter) 04 - Acknowledge prompt by clicking 'Yes'. 05 - Skip updating process by clicking 'Cancel' or by pressing 'Esc' 06 - After installation, acknowledge success msg. by clicking 'Ok' 07 - Start > Shutdown > Restart 08 - At boot menu, select 'Microsoft Windows Recovery Console' 09 - Select proper installation to log onto (default: 1) and press 'Enter' 10 - (If prompted, enter Administrator password and press 'Enter') 11 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: 'cd system32\config' 12 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: 'copy SYSTEM C:\' 13 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: exit 14 - At boot menu, select 'Windows XP Media Center Edition' 15 - Start > Run > Type: 'regedit' and press enter 16 - Click on 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'. 17 - File > Load Hive... 18 - Browse and select C:\SYSTEM 19 - Specify key name 'BANANA' and click OK 20 - Expand: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > BANANA > WPA > MedCtrUpg 21 - On the right-hand side, double-click IsLegacyMCE value 22 - Change selected value to 1 and click Ok. (THAT IS NOT AN L!) 23 - Click on BANANA subkey (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE). 24 - File > Unload Hive. Confirm. 25 - Start > Shutdown > Restart 26 - At boot menu, select 'Microsoft Windows Recovery Console' 27 - Select proper installation to log onto (default: 1) and press 'Enter' 28 - (If prompted, enter Administrator password and press 'Enter') 29 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: 'cd \' 30 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: 'copy SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM' 31 - (Yes, you want to overwrite - Go ahead and do it) 32 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: 'del SYSTEM' 33 - Type (without quotes) and press enter: 'exit' 34 - At boot menu, select 'Windows XP Media Center Edition' 35 - Join domain.