Join MCE 2005 to a domain

Original post by Rafael Rivera

MCE 2005 can join a domain after installation!!! Just look for the keyword: Banana Hack. Here is the "how to..."

* Insert Windows XP CD.
* Start/Run and type (without quotes) "X:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons" (where X is the letter of your CD drive).
* Click 'Yes' on the prompt that appears.
* Skip the updating process by clicking 'Cancel'.
* After installation, click 'Ok'.
* Restart the PC.
* At the boot menu, select 'Microsoft Windows Recovery Console'. (If you don't get the boot menu, reboot again and hit F8 a few times before the XP boot logo appears.)
* Select the installation to log onto (default: 1) and press 'Enter', and give it your administrator password if it asks.
* Type (without quotes) "cd system32\config" and hit return.
* Type (without quotes) "copy SYSTEM C:\" and hit return.
* Type (without quotes) "exit" and hit return.
* At boot menu, select 'Windows XP Media Center Edition'.
* Start/Run and type 'regedit' (without quotes).
* Click on 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'.
* Select File/Load Hive...
* Browse and select 'C:\SYSTEM'.
* Specify key name 'BANANA' and click OK. (I'm sure there's a very good reason it's called 'BANANA'.)
* Expand 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\BANANA\WPA\MedCtrUpg'.
* On the right-hand side, double-click 'IsLegacyMCE' value.
* Change selected value to 1 and click 'Ok'. (That's a ONE, not a lower-case L).
* Click on 'BANANA' subkey in 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE'.
* Select File/Unload Hive and click 'Ok'.
* Restart the PC
* At the boot menu, select 'Microsoft Windows Recovery Console'.
* Select the installation to log onto (default: 1) and press 'Enter', again giving it the admin password if it asks.
* Type 'cd \' (without quotes) and hit Enter.
* Type 'copy SYSTEM C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM' (without quotes) and hit Enter. When it asks if you want to over-write the files, answer in the affirmative.
* Type 'del SYSTEM' (without quotes) and hit Enter.
* Type 'exit' (without quotes) and hit Enter.
* At boot menu, select 'Windows XP Media Center Edition'.
* Join domain.