So I don't know if this was a coincidence, or a timing issue, but what I finally did was to put a password on the administrator account , because somehow, the vendor was able to leave a blank password when they downgraded 8 to 7 pro.
Again this was the next day so I cant say for certain if this was a concidence or the actual cause. I will , when I have downtime, test this. thanks for all the input j To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] unable to join domain From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:56:23 -0400 Did you resolve this yet? If not how are you specifying the domain on the client when trying to join? FQDN or NetBIOS? Did you try both? Is the client's IP address in a subnet that is defined in Sites and Services? Is there a DC for that subnet in Sites and Services? >From the client can you lookup the srv records for the domain controllers? For example if you do this from the client, do you get the expected results (change for your domain of course): nslookup -type=srv _LDAP._TCP.dc._msdcs.contoso.com To me this sounds like a DNS issue at the client side, somehow the client isn't getting the right SRV records for the domain controllers. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 [email protected] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: J- P <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Date: 03/11/2014 07:33 PM Subject: [NTSysADM] unable to join domain Sent by: [email protected] Have a new pc (vostro 270) delivered to our field office, they did a win 7 pro downgrade, I spent the better part of the day (off and on) trying to join the domain, continuously got the "could not contact a domain controller...." it's not in English I'm not going to copy paste the error. remote office has a 2008r2 DC/DNS/GC; 1. can ping by name and ip (both ways)server to workstation and vice versa; 2. we are VPNd to HQ and the can ping the FSMO over VPN; 3. can remote desktop both ways. 4.did a manual config of IP and DNS servers 5. turned off firewall bot server and workstation 6. tried manually applying DNS of HQ Domain Controllers 7. Can browse network and connect to the servers share (with alternate credentials of course) is there any possibility, that there is an issue with the OS installation? I have joined PC's remotely before to this and all field offices and have never had this issue I'm going to try netmon when I get home later but getting a bit frustrated ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you.
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