Re: domain login issues

It's almost surely a DNS issue. Configure all clients to look only at the
domain DNS server for name resolution, and have the DNS server use an
outside source (your ISP, or root hints) to resolve all names not on your
domain.

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"Ryan M" <Ryan M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am seeing all my users get these errors in thier event log after loging
> into the domain.
>
> Application: Userenv:
> Windows cannot determine the user or computer name. (The specified domain
> either does not exist or could not be contacted. ). Group Policy
> processing
> aborted.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
>
> Application: Autoenrollment:
> Automatic certificate enrollment for local system failed to contact the
> active directory (0x8007054b). The specified domain either does not exist
> or
> could not be contacted.
> Enrollment will not be performed.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> System: Netlogin:
> No Domain Controller is available for domain DOMAINNAME due to the
> following:
> There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon
> request.
> .
> Make sure that the computer is connected to the network and try again. If
> the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> 1) Printers always say access denied even though they still print.
> 2) Sometimes the mapped drives say they are already in use.
>
> I have one single server that is a domain controller.
> DNS is now installed but it wasn't before.
> I think it might be related to the issues above.
> Could it be a DNS issue?
> Users can login
> I can join a domain without issue.
>
> Thanks,


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