I honestly don't know. It's been so long since I had to support XP clients...
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320760/en-us?p=1**** > > The DNS Client Service does not revert to using the first server in the > list in Windows XP**** > > ** ** > > Is this to what the which you are referring to in the afore mentioned DNS > issue?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Webster**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jonathan Link > *Sent:* Friday, July 05, 2013 11:56 AM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Unable to browse the Web when additional domain > controller goes down**** > > ** ** > > Also related to this issue perhaps, might be the client OS? Wasn't XP > really finicky about sticking to one DNS server, and if it went down, it > didn't properly fail over to the secondary one?**** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Thanks, Pierre**** > > ** ** > > What DNS settings are configured on each of your DNS servers (in terms of > their primary and secondary DNS lookups)?**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *ASB > **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) > for the SMB market…***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Pierre-Marie Camilleri < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Hi Andrew**** > > **** > > Thanks for replying. Yes, all users were impacted. As far as I could see > DNS replication seems to be working. However, when querying certain things > I discovered some problems.**** > > I was able to resolve all sites from the additional DNS server but not > from the primary DNS server. I next looked at the DNS manager and when > looking at the primary DNS server I am seeing Automated Test Query Failed > message. **** > > When checking the System Event Log of the primary domain controller I am > seeing 5774 Events (NETLOGON) being logged every day.**** > > **** > > Regards**** > > Pierre**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andrew S. Baker > *Sent:* 04 July 2013 18:47 > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Unable to browse the Web when additional domain > controller goes down**** > > **** > > Hi Pierre,**** > > **** > > Were all users impacted, or only some of them?**** > > **** > > How is external DNS handled? Forwarding Servers or Root Servers? > > Was DNS replication working properly prior to the shutdown?**** > > **** > > Can you resolve all the sites in question from the DNS server?**** > > **** > > Any eventlog messages?**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *ASB > **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) > for the SMB market…***** > > **** > > **** > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Pierre-Marie Camilleri < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > Hi everyone**** > > **** > > Had to shut down our additional domain controller due to maintenance work > this afternoon and a few minutes later users complained that they were > unable to browse the Web and also certain files from our file server. **** > > I cannot understand why this should have happened. Any idea why this > happened?**** > > **** > > Thanks**** > > Pierre**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
