Re: Active Directory not working even though Domain is running

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From: Lost (more__than__this_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:00:34 -0700

And thank you for the link. It's helped me to verify
something. When I go to the properties tab for the domain
under the DNS Management console, I see that the domain, is
, in fact, running. According to the document you linked,
four things must be present for Active Directory to be
communicating with the domain - _msdcs, _sites, _tcp and _upd.

So, all those files are there and the status of the domain
and DNS service say "running". What could cause the
breakdown in communication between the domain and Active
Directory? As I said before, there were no changes made or
reboots or anything. The service simply seemed to fail.

>-----Original Message-----
>The link I sent outlines the answers to the most common
DNS problems.
>
>Use nslookup.exe.
>See:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;200525&Product=win2000
>
>Check the "more information" section here:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260371&Product=win2000
>
>hth
>DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
>
>
>"Lost" <more__than__this@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:4e6c01c42c78$1f415710$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>That's the thing though...DNS "seems" to be up and running.
>Are there some particular gotchas to look for with DNS to
>make certain that things are running smoothly there? The
>main (and only) domain is up and running according to its
>own status now. Is there a utility built into Server 2003
>anywhere that will run a diagnostic?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>"Naming information can not be located" 99% of the time is
>DNS related. For
>>AD to "find" *anything* DNS must be set up properly.
>>
>>See:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291382&Product=wins
>vr2003
>>
>>
>>hth
>>DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
>>
>>"Lost" <more__than__this@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:4e1301c42c73$1d067480$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to help a local org with their intranet. I'm a
>>> total UNIX person and have never dealt directly with
>>> Windows servers (Server 2003 in this case).
>>>
>>> The problem is that it seems Active Directory isn't
>>> working. The domain says it's running. However, no users
>>> can get to the server (IP is working fine though as all
>>> users can ping the server). When I try to open Active
>>> Directory Users and Computers, I get an error that says,
>>>
>>> "Naming information cannot be located because:
>>> The specified domain either does not exist or could not be
>>> contacted. Contact your system administrator to verify that
>>> your domain is properly configured and is currently
online."
>>>
>>> As I said, the domain has a status of "running" and
>>> there've been no changes of any type to the server or
>>> services on the machine. Things were running well for the
>>> last 5 months or so and then this morning, browsing for the
>>> local Windows domain had stopped.
>>>
>>> I realize this is a COMPLETELY novice question. My
>>> apologies for that. However, I'm reading manuals and
>>> everything I can find as quickly as I can to come up to
>>> speed. I just thought I'd proffer the question here in
>>> hopes of getting something useful.
>>>
>>> Much thanks in advance for anyone kind enough to offer some
>>> advice or answers.
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>
>
>.
>

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