Re: Utility to identify DCs

Hi

Logon problems are usually BAD DNS configuration, or comunication problems:
check:
- Make sure that every domain controller has its DNS properties under NIC
configuration pointing to itself. (If DC IP Address is 10.0.0.1 then Dns
should be 10.0.0.1).



- Make sure that every DNS server can resolve all domains in the forest.
(Use Forwarding, Stub Zones or Secondary Zones).



- Make sure that all clients Only uses the local(s) Dns Server.



How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247811/





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I hope that the information above helps you

Good Luck
Jorge Silva
MCSA
Systems Administrator

"Japhy" <japhyrider2005@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1151467601.345475.7530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
I have a problem with new users setup in AD unable to logon to the
domain.
Users accounts setup in the past can logon. I have read some posts and
am speculating that from the workstations where I can't logon, the DC
is
unavailable and I am logging into the domain with cached information.
Does that make sense?
Is there a utility that I can run on the workstation that will show me
that the DC is currently available or not?
thanks in advance!



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