Re: Specified Domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

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I am behind a Linksys WRT54G router and I have windows firewall turned
on ... but used Microsoft's Security Configuration Wizard to configure
it properly. Or at least I think properly :).

There does not appear to be an error on the server but there is two
warnings on the workstation:

Event ID 1515 "Windows had backup this user profile. Windows will
automatically try to use the backup profile the next time this user
logs on."
Event ID 1511 "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging
you on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this profile
will be lost when you log off."


On Dec 10, 6:43 am, "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]"
<pbergson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
There must be a message in the Event Log. What is that?

Did you check to make sure there wasn't any firewall issues? Or are you
inside? Forgot if I have already asked that.

--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT

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"DBLWizard" <ibflyfis...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Paul,

I ran the nltest and got an error ... I'm cussing myself becuase I
closed the screen before I wrote down what it was. But I had already
run the reset from the workstation so I couldn't run it again until
after I had tested things. The nltest did not work ... so then I
removed it from the domain and added it back in using the "Network ID"
wizard. That didn't work.

When I ran the nltest again I got:

I_NetLogoControl failed: Status = 1722 0x6ba PRC_S_SERVER_UNAVALIABLE

Which is what I think it was the first time but I can't be 100% sure.

Any other thoughts?

On Dec 7, 7:00 am, "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]"
<pbergson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well that all looks good. A lot of times a bad mask, gateway, etc...
will
create this type of error.

Lets check the machine account within the domain
From a command prompt on the dc
nltest /server:WORKSTATION_NAME /sc_query:DOMAIN_NAME

If you get a failure you can either reset with nltest /sc_reset or remove
and add the workstation from the domain

From a command prompt on the workstation try
nltest /server:WORKSTATION_NAME /sc_reset:DOMAIN_NAME

--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT

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"DBLWizard" <ibflyfis...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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Server:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : pdcname
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : myname.org
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : myname.org

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82559 Fast Ethernet
LAN on Mothe
rboard
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-K1-B7-J8-9E-F7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.33
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.46
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.33

Workstation:
C:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : workstationname
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : myname.dev
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : myname.dev

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : myname.dev
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-K2-04-G2-L6-29
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : ac80::5eba:b4ab:
64d9:b57%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.37(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.240
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 05, 2007
3:40:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 14, 2007
7:39:47 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.46
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.33
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333177
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.33
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : myname.dev
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.myname.dev
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : ac80::5efe:
192.168.0.37%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.33
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

On Dec 6, 6:37 am, "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]"
<pbergson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From a command prompt on the Vista machine and your DC run
ipconfig /all

and post these

If your dns server is different than your dc also post this. It still
appears that it may be dns

--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT

http://www.pbbergs.com

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"DBLWizard" <ibflyfis...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I did have some errors that I was able to resolve. After fixing them
and rerunning the tests these are the entries that are left in the
dcdiag.log

Starting test: systemlog
* The System Event log test
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 12/05/2007 13:29:24
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 12/05/2007 13:29:26
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719
Time Generated: 12/05/2007 13:36:47
(Event String could not be retrieved)

And then in the netdiag.log under Active Connections at the bottom
was
the line

IP Statistics

Packets Received = 512,884
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 3,141
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 735
Received Packets Delivered = 509,008
Output Requests = 416,758
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 6
Output Packet No Route = 0
Reassembly Required = 0
Reassembly Successful = 0
Reassembly Failures = 0
Datagrams successfully fragmented = 0
Datagrams failing fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0
Forwarding = 2
Default TTL = 128
Reassembly timeout = 60

I still get a temp profile on the Vista workstation and when I run
the
netdom.exe from the server itself I get the following:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>netdom query /domain:dname /
verify
DC
Verifying secure channel setup for domain members:
Machine Status/Domain Domain Controller
======= ============= =================

\\ServerName ERROR! ( The specified domain either
does
not exist
or could not be contacted. )

The command completed successfully.

Does this give you any clues?

On Dec 5, 6:51 am, "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]"
<pbergson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kind of hazy as to what is going on, sounds like it could be a dns
issue:

Run diagnostics against your Active Directory domain.

If you don't have the support tools installed, install them from
your
server
install disk.
d:\support\tools\setup.exe

Run dcdiag, netdiag and repadmin in verbose mode.
-> DCDIAG /V /C /D /E /s:yourdcname > c:\dcdiag.log
-> netdiag.exe /v > c:\netdiag.log (On each dc)
-> repadmin.exe /showrepl dc* /verbose /all /intersite >
c:\repl.txt
-> dnslint /ad /s "ip address of your dc"

**Note: Using the /E switch in dcdiag will run diagnostics against
ALL
dc's
in the forest. If you have significant numbers of DC's this test
could
generate significant detail and take a long time. You also want to
take
into account slow links to dc's will also add to the testing time.

If you download a gui script I wrote it should be simple to set and
run
(DCDiag and NetDiag). It also has the option to run individual
tests
without having to learn all the switch options. The details will
be
output
in notepad text files that pop

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