Re: Can't join Win 2000 Pro Client to Win 2000 Adv Server Domain

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"" wrote:
> Hi,
> I've done everthing practically possible. Well...almost I'm
> sure.
> Otherwise I won't be here.
> I've setup & configured File & Printer sharing, TCP/IP, DNS
> Server & AD
> on a test Win 2000 Adv Server. I've also setup & configured
> TCP/IP on
> Win 2000 Pro client. Both of them pinging each other allright,
> even
> pinging the domain.
> Then, created a user in AD with admin rights & came back to
> the client
> to use that account to join the client to the domain using
> Network
> Identification.
> I'm able to connect to the Domain only when I put in wrong
> user info
> like may be the userame/password or both is incorrect. This is
> why:
> How I know that the Client is connecting to the Domain...is
> when the
> error message comes up saying that either username/password is
> unknown
> or bad.
> If I provide the network username correct & password
> incorrect, then it
> says "The specified network password is not correct"
> Fun part is: If I put in the correct username & password, it
> says "The
> network name cannot be found" !!!
> FYI, I've gone through 8 out of 10 docs related to lookup,
> resolution,
> joining issues from MS support site.
> I have no answers now. Thanks a lot in advance for any
> assitance on
> this issue.

have you tried using the default administrator account in the domain?

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