You can participate in domains by joining
the thin clientOptiplex client to a domain or by
using roaming profiles.
Joining
a Domain
Log in as an administrator.
Click Start > Control Panel > System.
The System window is displayed.
In the Computer name,
domain and workgroup settings section, click Change Settings.
The System Properties dialog box is displayed.
Click Change option
to change the domain or workgroup.
Click the Domain option.
The Computer Name/Domain
changes dialog box is displayed.
Enter the domain of your choice.
Click OK.
To join a thin
clientOptiplex client to
a domain, click Network ID.
The Join a Domain or Workgroup wizard is displayed.
On the first page of the wizard, select the option that describes
your network.
Business Network
Click Next.
Select the option according to your
company’s network availability on a domain.
If
you select the option, Network with a domain, then you must enter the following information:
User Name
Password
Domain Name
If you select the option—Network without a
domain, then you may enter the Workgroup, and then click Next.
NOTE:You can click Next even if you do not know the workgroup
name.
Home Network—To apply the changes,
you must restart the computer, and then click Finish.
NOTE:Before
restarting your computer, save any open files and close all programs.
CAUTION:Exercise caution when joining the thin client device
to a domain as the profile downloaded at logon could overflow the
cache or flash memory.
When joining the thin client device to a domain,
the File Based Write Filter should be disabled so that the domain
information can be permanently stored on the thin client. The File
Based Write Filter should remain disabled through the next restart
as information is written to the thin client on the restart after
joining the domain. This FBWF is especially important when joining
an Active Directory domain. For details on disabling and enabling
the File Based Write Filter, see Before Configuring
Your Thin Clients.
To make the domain changes permanent, complete the
following:
Disable the File Based Write Filter.
Join the domain.
Restart the thin client.
Enable the File Based Write Filter.
NOTE:If you use the File Based Write Filter Enable icon to enable the File Based Write Filter, the restart happens
automatically. By default, the NetXClean utility purges all but selected
profiles on the system when the thin client device starts up or when
the user logs off. For information on the NetXClean utility, see Understanding
the NetXClean Utility.
Using Roaming Profiles
Roaming
profile works in any client any where and is not necessary to use
the same client. You can participate in domains by writing roaming
profiles to the C drive. The profiles must be limited in size, and
it is not retained when the thin client device is restarted. For successful
downloading and proper functioning, there must be sufficient flash
space available for roaming profiles. Sometimes, it may be necessary
to remove software components to free space for roaming profiles.
But Dell does not recommend you to remove any software components.
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