I had a similar problem and solved it by installing NetBEUI/BIOS on both servers and then tried to join the domain. It worked fine.
Roger Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Roger Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is the second machine pointing to the first server for DNS?--------------------------------------------------------------
Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP
Sr. Systems Administrator
Inovis Inc.-----Original Message-----
From: steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 2:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] Trying to run DCPromo and getting error 5171Environment: 2 new servers
Servers Configuration: Windows 2000 as workgroup. Ran DcPromo on the server1. Verified that DNS was setup correctly, can ping server by name. Not using WINS.
Problem: Can't make second Server a DC.
Error message: When running DcPromo on second server, I receive the same error message. The link below explains my error message.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/dns/tshoot/
Thanks,
Steve
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