RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
check the dns settings on the client. Just this week I had something similar. The DNS suffixes on the PC were wrong. The staff member connects to a state system via VPN, and I think the state staff added those suffixes. There were not needed in any case, so I removed them. Then all was good. Ray rz...@qwest.net 4/9/2010 1:02 AM New machine or one that's already got an account in ADUC? -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain What’s the actual (complete) error message? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
Brian, and all It turns out the computer had parts failing and we ended up wiping it completely and starting over from scratch. It would not even respond to a regedit. All is well now and runs faster. Thanks again to all Bob IT Manager -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain What’s the actual (complete) error message? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
What’s the actual (complete) error message? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
New machine or one that's already got an account in ADUC? -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain What’s the actual (complete) error message? Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c - 312.731.3132 -Original Message- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
Silly question, but you *have* verified that the DNS servers are correct for the domain controllers? What about using the LMHOSTS file and hard-coding the DC IP addresses as well? That might help. Failing that, I'd say it's about time to nuke it and rebuild it. -Original Message- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 ? Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Unable to join computer to Domain
you don't give much to go on, like the OS of the workstation, what version of domain ( 2003 AD, 2008 AD, etc ) Have you checked for duplicate machine name, tried NewSid, verified your DNS is pointing to a DC, check DNS for your workstation record, etc ... On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.comwrote: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
You need to be able to at minimum FQDN one of the DC's \\server.domain.local. I usually see the error message you mention when the wrong DNS servers are specified. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Unable to join computer to Domain
WELL... back in the Win95 days (and perhaps on a Windows 2000 machine), I had this happen perhaps 3 times. There are some MS domain controller testers which may tell you if any of your DCs have DNS issues. Meanwhile, on those three problem machines, I actually needed to pull the NIC and remove ALL networking. Then, after putting the NIC back in, loading the drivers, and then re-installing networking services, they could join the domain. Now that I've not seen that particular problem in like 8-9 years, we have Vista and Windows 7 machines where the administrator who opens and completes the setup for an OEM install finds they are lacking sufficient rights to do much of anything despite being listed as The Administrator!... -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCA R) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.com wrote on 04/06/2010 08:30:59 AM: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 �� Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
Sorry for that. This is a XP sp3 box with hard wired IP addresses for machine and DNS servers The machine was renamed while not on the domain. I have added the machine name in AD and done both direct add and network discovery. Bob IT Manager From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unable to join computer to Domain you don't give much to go on, like the OS of the workstation, what version of domain ( 2003 AD, 2008 AD, etc ) Have you checked for duplicate machine name, tried NewSid, verified your DNS is pointing to a DC, check DNS for your workstation record, etc ... On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.commailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com wrote: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 • Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
The computer name is not over 15 characters long? Can you look up the domain by name via nslookup? Can you ping all of the dcs in your site by fqdn? -B From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain Sorry for that. This is a XP sp3 box with hard wired IP addresses for machine and DNS servers The machine was renamed while not on the domain. I have added the machine name in AD and done both direct add and network discovery. Bob IT Manager From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unable to join computer to Domain you don't give much to go on, like the OS of the workstation, what version of domain ( 2003 AD, 2008 AD, etc ) Have you checked for duplicate machine name, tried NewSid, verified your DNS is pointing to a DC, check DNS for your workstation record, etc ... On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.commailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com wrote: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 • Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
Bonnie, NSlookup returns both DC by name and ping works to both DCs Computer name is 10 characters long Bob IT Manager From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain The computer name is not over 15 characters long? Can you look up the domain by name via nslookup? Can you ping all of the dcs in your site by fqdn? -B From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 6:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain Sorry for that. This is a XP sp3 box with hard wired IP addresses for machine and DNS servers The machine was renamed while not on the domain. I have added the machine name in AD and done both direct add and network discovery. Bob IT Manager From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unable to join computer to Domain you don't give much to go on, like the OS of the workstation, what version of domain ( 2003 AD, 2008 AD, etc ) Have you checked for duplicate machine name, tried NewSid, verified your DNS is pointing to a DC, check DNS for your workstation record, etc ... On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.commailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com wrote: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 • Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Unable to join computer to Domain
when you specify the domain to join, have you tried both NetBIOS name and FQDN? For example ACME vs. ACME.COM ? Also how are you specifying the admin credentials? acme\jdoe ? Have you tried using a UPN (j...@acme.com)? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.com To: NT System Admin Issues ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Date: 04/06/2010 09:32 AM Subject:Unable to join computer to Domain Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 �� Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ - 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. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Unable to join computer to Domain
If the computer somehow got renamed while off the domain, I would assume that the link between the computer account and the domain is broken. What I would suggest is: 1) Delete the computer account via ADUC. 2) On the computer, change the domain to a temporary workgroup and reboot. 3) After rebooting, change the domain back to your domain. Bill Mayo From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain Sorry for that. This is a XP sp3 box with hard wired IP addresses for machine and DNS servers The machine was renamed while not on the domain. I have added the machine name in AD and done both direct add and network discovery. Bob IT Manager From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unable to join computer to Domain you don't give much to go on, like the OS of the workstation, what version of domain ( 2003 AD, 2008 AD, etc ) Have you checked for duplicate machine name, tried NewSid, verified your DNS is pointing to a DC, check DNS for your workstation record, etc ... On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.com wrote: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Unable to join computer to Domain
Nltest /sc_verify:domain from the workstation. On 4/6/10, Mayo, Bill bem...@pittcountync.gov wrote: If the computer somehow got renamed while off the domain, I would assume that the link between the computer account and the domain is broken. What I would suggest is: 1) Delete the computer account via ADUC. 2) On the computer, change the domain to a temporary workgroup and reboot. 3) After rebooting, change the domain back to your domain. Bill Mayo From: Bob Anderson [mailto:bander...@kentwatersports.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Unable to join computer to Domain Sorry for that. This is a XP sp3 box with hard wired IP addresses for machine and DNS servers The machine was renamed while not on the domain. I have added the machine name in AD and done both direct add and network discovery. Bob IT Manager From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Unable to join computer to Domain you don't give much to go on, like the OS of the workstation, what version of domain ( 2003 AD, 2008 AD, etc ) Have you checked for duplicate machine name, tried NewSid, verified your DNS is pointing to a DC, check DNS for your workstation record, etc ... On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Bob Anderson bander...@kentwatersports.com wrote: Hello, I have a computer that refuses to join the domain. I get as far as entering the admin password to join the domain and it comes back with: The network location cannot be reachedHowever the machine can get emails from the domain but just not join it Thanks in advance Bob Anderson IT Manager Kent Sporting Goods Inc. 433 Park Ave. S New London OH 44851 419-929-7021 x315 P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~ -- Sent from my mobile device ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
