Re: Changed name of machine = can't login

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From: serverguy (nospam_at_hatespam.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:21:33 -0400

Ok, let me try to understand this one. Assuming this is a 2000 domain and
not NT4 (please don't refer to "PDC" unless it is running NT4, it's very
confusing; 2000 domain controllers are simply called Domain Controllers, or
DC's), creating a computer account in AD is not going to resolve your issue.

The steps you took to rename the machine are wrong. You should first change
to workgroup, reboot, login as local admin, make sure you can ping the DC,
then rename machine and/or add back to domain, reboot.

Delete all previous machine accounts related to this machine in AD, then
give it a new name and try re-joining the domain again.

Hope you don't get spanked ;-)

"sklett" <stevek@spamfree.net> wrote in message
news:%23C6JzSaQEHA.3660@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I changed the name of a machine on our network. It was a win2k pro client
> and we have a win2k server PDC.
> After robooting(and some hack tricks to change the name) I can't log on to
> the domain from that machine. The error is:
> "The System cannot log you onto this domain because the system's computer
> account in it's primary domain is missing or the password on that account
is
> incorrect"
>
>
> OK, there is more: When I tried to change the name of the machine, it
asked
> for credentials, when I supplied mine(member of domain admins) it rejected
> them. The only way that I was ever able to rename the machine was to do
> this:
> 1) switch from domain to workgroup
> 2) rename machine
> 3) reboot
> 4) join domain
> 5) reboot
> !!) can't login
>
> What have I done? I have tried to create a new computer account on the
PDC
> using the AD snapin, I create a new computer with the same name. Still
> can't login. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Please help, my Dad is gonna kill me if I don't fix this for him. It was
> one of those "This will just take a second things" and now it's been
almost
> a week :(
> I'm stuck.
>
>

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