In Windows 2000 and XP, you join a domain by right-clicking on My Computer on the desktop. Vista does not automatically place a similar icon on the desktop, so my finely honed instincts were temporarily useless. Vista, as it turns out, puts the option to join a domain or workgroup on the System page. (The windows in Vista look more like web pages to me than windows.) From there, one follows the same procedure as before. Vista seemed to take less time completed the task than Windows 2K running on a similar machine, but I did not time the operation.

Once joined to the domain, I was able to browse the network, add a network printer, and access network folders as before. No surprises, there. I had to perform more necessary tasks yesterday and today, so further commentary on Vista will have to wait.