Re: Can't join Win2k Pro Client to Domain after SUS Update

From: Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.WFTX.US)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:32:16 -0500

In news:uahAILboEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
David Reed <dreed@no.spam.please.srdcorp.com> commented
Then Kevin replied below:
> Hello,
>
> I have a user who did an update today from the SUS
> server. After the system rebooted, she could no longer
> "connect to the internet".
>
> Some examination on my part found out that she couldn't
> access the network either, that even though she thought
> she was logging into the network, no actual network
> connections were being made, and the login script (and
> hence, the mapped folders on the Win2k Server with Active
> Directory server) wasn't running. If I go to the RUN
> command and type:
>
> \\servername\folder
>
> I am then prompted for username and login, and I can
> access the folders on the network, however.
>
> Trying to fix this problem I reinstalled the NIC drivers.
> I also removed the computer from the Domain and removed
> the DNS entry from the Forward Lookup Zone.
>
> Then I tried to re-join the Domain on the client computer.
>
> I receive the following error:
>
> "The following error occured validating the name
> 'srdcorp". This condition mayb e caused by a DNS lookup
> problem. For information about troubleshooting common
> DNS lookup problems, please see the following Microsoft
> Web site:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=5171
> The specified domain either does not exist or could not
> be contacted."
>
> As described here
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/dns/tshoot/dns_tshoot2A.asp
> ) I have also run the following commands on the client
> computer:
>
> Right-click My Network Places, and then click
> Properties.
> 1.. Right-click Local Area Connection, and then click
> Properties.
> 2.. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click
> Properties.
> 3.. Click Advanced, and then click the DNS tab.
> Configure the DNS server addresses to point to the DNS
> server that you configured in previous steps.
> 4.. Force the registration of the host (A) records. At
> a command prompt, type ipconfig /flushdns and then press
> ENTER to purge the DNS resolver cache. Type ipconfig
> /registerdns and then press ENTER to register the DNS
> resource records. If the ipconfig /registerdns command
> generates the following error message Error: The system
> cannot find the file specified. : Refreshing DNS names
> start and turn on the DHCP Client service on this
> computer, and then run the ipconfig /registerdns command
> again.
> I can't figure out why this computer can't find the
> domain, so I can join it.
>
> Can anyone offer some suggestions?

post results ipconfig /all and net start command 

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