Re: Cannot Logon to Domain, only new PC
From: Dany (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/19/04
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:28:37 -0700
Mark,
Ahh ok, sorry, least i know now. Thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>Dan,
>
>Once you reset the computer account in AD Users and
Computers you have to
>disjoin the machine from the domain and rejoin it. This
may be the reason
>why you were seeing the errors you were seeing. This is
documented in the
>Help file for 2000 under Resetting Accounts.
>
>Mark
>
>
>"Dan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:0cce01c425d9$a19209d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >Reset the computer to a workgroup. Delete the old
>> computer account(s) from
>> >the server. Rejoin the domain. Does that help?
>>
>> Thanks for the advise, this worked. Don't know why i
>> didn't think to try that, i guess one shouldn't really
>> have to do this. I did try disabling/enabling and
>> resetting the computer account, and also manual
creating
>> a "new" one. hmmmm stupid windows :)
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Dan wrote:
>> >> I have a new PC on the domain.
>> >>
>> >> The user first connected the PC to the network her
self
>> >> (grrrrrr). The PC name being "Kellie", the
replaced PC
>> >> also "Kellie". The were both on the domain and
logged
>> in
>> >> (same user same PC name) and working. Thinking to
>> avoid
>> >> issues until the OLD PC was completely removed from
the
>> >> network i renamed it to "KellieOLD".
>> >> Doing this stopped the "OLD" PC logging onto the
domain
>> >> with the error
>> >> "Windows cannot connect to the domain or because
domain
>> >> controller is unavailable or your computer account
was
>> >> not found."
>> >> This "KellieOLD" does have an automaticly generated
>> entry
>> >> on the "Computers" section of the AD.
>> >>
>> >> NOW the new PC "Kellie" reports the same error and
the
>> >> prevoius entry of "Kellie" in "Computers" under the
AD
>> is
>> >> gone (perhaps automaticly changed with the old PC
>> renamed
>> >> to KellieOLD). I added an entry "kellie" to
Computer
>> in
>> >> the AD but still no luck.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas would be great, i've yet to reset the
server,
>> >> but this will be next save upsetting the users.
>> >
>> >Reset the computer to a workgroup. Delete the old
>> computer account(s) from
>> >the server. Rejoin the domain. Does that help?
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Dan
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>
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