well crap ! At least worth a try, and interesting feedback On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:06 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well disabling IPv6 and then, strangely, re-enabling it allowed the server > to start responding to pings....however, I now can't log on to it because of > the old "trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain > failed" error. As luck would have it, just when I thought I was getting > somewhere, it turns out no-one has any idea what the local username and > password would be for this system...so it looks like I'm going to have to > nuke it from orbit. > > Thanks for the help! > > > On 5 October 2010 13:35, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> IPv6 is installed and active....will give it a go... >> >> On 5 October 2010 13:09, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> wondering, do you have both TCP/IP v4 and TCP/IP v6 installed and >>> activated on that interface ? If so, try disabling v6 and see if you get >>> any change. >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:30 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I found this article ( >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;980873) but it >>>> appears the issue is weirder than I thought. Even when the firewall is >>>> disabled, the problem machine can access other machines and the internet >>>> fine - but nothing can connect in the other direction. Every method of >>>> connection fails with "network path not found" - and even more bizarrely, >>>> when you open "Network" from the problem machine's Start Menu, it declares >>>> "you are not connected to a network". Despite the fact it is enumerating >>>> machines by the boatload in the window underneath. >>>> >>>> This looks a bit nasty - I think I will just flatten it. It's only a >>>> test server, and apparently it was upgraded a few different times in the >>>> past, so there may be a history of neglect and/or weirdness just waiting to >>>> bite me on the backside here. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5 October 2010 12:13, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here's a strange one - I've got a Windows 2008 R2 server that for >>>>> some reason has suddenly decided it is connected to a public, rather than >>>>> a >>>>> domain network. Despite the fact that the IP address hasn't changed (it's >>>>> statically assigned) and I am logged on with domain credentials - it is >>>>> showing as "Connected" to a public network and not surprisingly, the >>>>> windows >>>>> firewall is blocking just about everything, including ICA and RDP traffic, >>>>> which is proving to be rather annoying. I thought it was something to do >>>>> with the "Network Location Awareness" service, but that is running fine. >>>>> >>>>> Does anyone know how the server determines what sort of network it is >>>>> connected to, and how I could maybe convince it of the error of its ways? >>>>> >>>>> TIA, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> JRR >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put >>>>> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not >>>>> able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could >>>>> provoke >>>>> such a question." >>>>> >>>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>>> or send an email to [email protected] >>>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put >>>> into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not >>>> able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke >>>> such a question." >>>> >>>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>>> or send an email to [email protected] >>>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into >> the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able >> rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such >> a question." >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
