Hi,
I had once a problem similar to this, I do not know exactly why it is happening (but I have one guess about my situation, I had two OS on my computer Windows 98 and XP) but I did one thing and no problem till that time. I loged to the computer itself. Made it to join a test workgroup. Then after restarting, the computer was in a test workgroup. And then deleted the computer account on Windows 2000 AD. Then I changed the name of the computer of XP. Then again after restarting I joined the domain with the new name. and a new account for computer will be created in AD.
I do not know maybe my problem is different from your. But the error and situation seems similar. May be my experience can help you.
Unfortunately, I am unable to reproduce this problem in the lab. This makes it terribly difficult to diagnose, because of my limited access to the production environment. However, I am going to try to find time to do some diagnosis in the evenings over the next few days.
Wish me luck.
Roseta.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 1:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] One computer is fine, one has "can't find domain controller" errors
This is the perfect case of when to break out a network monitor and
watch
the traffic. Do what it is you are trying to do and see what the network
is
doing.
joe
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Moran Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 2:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all,
I posted earlier concerning Windows XP machines not allowing any scripts to run and presenting no clue as to why.
After additional discussion with other techs, as well as multiple searches on the 'net, we decided to completely reinstall the two machines. This solved the IE problem.
However, we are getting error messages on 1 machine, but not on the other.
The one machine claims it can not contact the domain server. (which is ridiculous because it's mounting shared drives from it, and those shares function properly) Event ID 5719.
These two machines are identical in every way. Same hardware. Same software and versions of software. Plugged in side by side to the same switch.
The ONLY difference we can imagine, is that the one with the problem was configured for a workgroup during install, and then joined to the domain afterwards (just the tech clicking without thinking) while the one that works was joined to the domain during the initial install.
I'm putting this out for two reasons: 1 -> to see if anyone has any insight as to what's happening. 2 -> to have this information made public, so if others come across it they can see they're not alone.
Perhaps someone with some time and a lab available could test to see if the problem I describe is, in fact, caused by the install process described, or if it's just coincidence.
Both machines appear to function properly aside from the errors.
-- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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