RE: XP Clients on Server 2003 Drop Domain



"Rafal W." wrote:

> "Dennis Morgan, PGASD TECH" wrote:
>
> > We have 650 machines at our school and have been switching over to Windows
> > XP. The problem is that every summer our cleaning staff moves EVERY computer
> > out of their loacations to clean. When we put our xp machines back in place
> > approximately 90% of them have dropped connection to our domain. We then
> > have to log in locally and rejoin domains. This is just not feasible and I
> > was wondering what I am missing or what I can do different to keep this from
> > happening. I am logging onto a Windows Server 2003 domain. Thanks for any
> > help you can give me on this issue. By the way, there are six totally
> > different configurations of machines and NONE are even similar!
>
>
>
> when client is back on its desk what error message your are getting? for how
> long these PCs are not being connected to network? how do these accounts look
> like in AD? are they disabled? when you logon locally are you getting all
> expected info from DHCP? any errors in logs on client and DC?
> and by the way adding any entries, as someone sugested to host file will not
> solve anything.
>
> Rafal W.
> MCSE, MCDBA
>
>
> We are getting the following error message " the computer cannot connect to the domain controller" They are offline for less than one week. The logins are a generic login we use for students with no expiration date on passwords. All info from DHCP seems to be fine. the error logs in the event viewer state a problem with the server defining the computer name?!?!
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