install the operating system on the laptop
Ensure DNS settings on laptop point to a DNS server that can resolve the IP addresss of the domain controller
Go to Control Panel - system
Open system properties
select Computer name tab
Click change
Select domain
type in domain name
Supply credentials with permission to join laptop to domain
Click OK when get message that machine has joined domain
reboot laptop
Last Wiki Answer Submitted: February 27, 2010 3:16 pm by Richard Siddaway2,260 pts.
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