Sorry to bug the list with this one, but I am currently pulling large bunches of hair out trying to fix it.
I have RIS set up on a fresh install of 2003, and certain clients (well most of them) are failing to join the domain during the build process. I have installed any NIC drivers to i386 and to $OEM$\$1\Drivers\NIC, but during the 'Installing network' phase of XP setup I get this message: "An unexpected error has occurred while changing your computer's network identification. Would you like to proceed for now and try joining a domain later?" If I click yes, it carries on installing, but as a workgroup machine. If I click no it asks for credentials to join to the domain, but then fails again, with the same message. If I try to join it after clicking yes and finishing the installation, I get an error along the lines "no mapping between account names and security ids was done", and it won't join. BUT, if I rename it, restart it, it will join to the domain. It is intermittent - some machines will build with certain names, and not others. Other machines just won't build at all. I have tried different drivers, as I thought it might be a drive issue, leaving out dashes in the computer name, but nothing seems to work. Please help! A soon-to-be hairless Dan. The contents of this email and any attachments do not necessarily represent the views or policies of Ibstock Place School, its employees or pupils. They are intended for the confidential use by the named recipient only and may be legally privileged and should not be communicated to, or relied upon by, any other party without our written consent. Although this message is believed to be virus free, Ibstock Place School does not accept liability for any damage, loss or cost caused by software viruses. If received in error, please advise the sender immediately and delete all record of it from your system. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
