Bruno, As it turns out, all I had to do was enter this as my username when asked for it during the join-domain process: "nesbitt.local\administrator" Up until now, I had just been using "administrator". GEEESH, How simplistic can it be? Something that small caused me days, no a WEEK of grief! Thanks again for your help. Everything you offered was great advice, and it helped me make certain I had things right. -- Kevin L. Collins, MCSE Systems Manager Nesbitt Engineering, Inc.