Re: Possible DNS Issues

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I'd also be wondering if this is a DC error - maybe one DC has gone south
for the winter and is trashing the database on the other DCs when it
replicates. A long, LOOOONG careful look through event logs on DCs and
clients would likely be in order.

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"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 05:44:15 -0800, Kent Smith
<KentSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Periodically computers are dropping off the domain. One day the computers
are
in Active Directory and then the next day they are gone. I have had to
rejoin
some computers back to the domain several times over a period of time. One
day a user can log in and the next day his/her account is locked out. I
have
logged into a machine successfully and then logged off and then right back
on
only to find the account locked out. We are finding LsaSrv SPNEGO errors
stating a logon server cannot be found. We have to DC's for authentication
and sometimes in the Event Log it will show that machines are trying to
authenticate to Memeber Servers? A lot of the articles and fixes I have
read
all point to DNS issues. Can someone shed some light on this issue?

Kent,

Windows XP, using DNS on a domain, has to be setup properly. I'll be
interested
in seeing what makes your problem intermittent or random though. Maybe a
DHCP
problem?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html

If that doesn't help, spend some time please and describe the situation in
a bit
more detail. What are the "articles and fixes (that you) have read"?

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