Re: No Profile for XP user

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Hi Anna,

You've provided a very detailed and helpful explanation of you
configuration. I have two questions though:
Do you expect the userX.domain accounts not to have profiles created on the
laptop?
Are the laptop and desktop computers in the same OU?

My thoughts:
All member computers of a domain should have their local group policies
overwritten by domain level policies when connected to the domain. The event
ID:1054 may be because the domain level policies have not been applied.

Incorrect DNS settings can result in strange login related problems. I
noticed Debo had asked about the results of nslookup from the laptop. You
might also want to check that the DNS settings on the IP configuration tab on
the laptop is configured the same as the desktops.

Hope this was helpful





"Anna Clark" wrote:

Hi SleekGeek:

Just that one web site.

Anna

"SleekGeek" <jamestran84@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1166059507.214731.170690@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
can user1 access other websites or is it just logmein.com causing the
problem?

On Dec 13, 4:52 am, "Anna Clark" <anna.clark(no spam)@verizon.net>
wrote:
Oh, and yes, the "welcome to the domain" message appears, and both users
have access to domain shares. But user2 cannot run the application, nor
connect to the secure web site.

Anna

"Debo" <shonuff6...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
messagenews:1165945027.552379.7150@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Is the laptop a member of the domain? On the laptop, if you do an
nslookup what comes back? What are the results from ipconfig /all?

Anna Clark (no spam) wrote:
Hello Everyone:

Here is one that I have never seen before, I hope you can help....

Windows Server 2003 domain controller, with two desktop computers and
one
notebook. The owner of this setup is an expert in his field, and
needs
all three computers to test the very high end software that he is a
reseller for. But he is not a "computer guy" or an OS savvy person.

All three computers, two desktops and one notebook are Windows XP, SP
2
and fully patched.

The desktops work properly, but the notebook does not. On all three
computers there is local user "user1" local user "user2" and domain
user "user1.domain" and domain user "user2.domain". I know these are
different folks to Windows, but he likes it that way in case he wants
to
login to the local computer he can use the same names.

On the desktop computers the users are given a profile: that is a set
of
folders under "C:\Documents and Settings", and a registry entry for
user1
and another for user1.domain, and a registry entry for user1 and one
for
user1.domain. Likewise for "user2", and also for "administrator".

On the notebook, the user is given a profile and a set of folders,
and a
registry entry, but userx.domain is not. This does not matter if it
is
user1 or user2. Except for one thing... user1 can connect to
https://logmein.comsecure web site and user2 cannot connect to
https://logmein.comsecure web site. This has nothing to do with the
account at logmein.com, since all login connections are made as
user2.
Rather the page refuses to load. Like wise for the high end software
he
sells. User1 can make the connection, User2 cannot.

Since user2 would like to connect as himself, we are hoping for a
fix...

The only relevant error in the event log is:

1054-Source Userenv Type Error Description Windows cannot obtain
the
domain controller name for your computer network. (<error
description>).
Group Policy processing aborted.

I could understand if group policy was setting up roaming profiles,
or
some other vital setting for the users, but then no domain user on
any
computer should have a profile set??

Anyone seen this before? All solutions welcome and acknowledged.

Thanks for considering my issue and more thanks for any and all
assistance.

Anna Clark
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is one that I have never seen
before, I
hope
you can help....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Windows Server 2003 domain controller,
with
two
desktop computers and one notebook. The owner of this setup is
an
expert
in his field, and needs all three computers to test the very high end
software
that he is a reseller for. But he is not a "computer guy" or an
OS
savvy
person.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All three computers, two desktops and
one
notebook
are Windows XP, SP 2 and fully patched.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The desktops work properly, but the
notebook
does
not. On all three computers there is local user
"user1"
local
user "user2" and domain user "user1.domain" and domain user
"user2.domain". I know these are different folks to Windows,
but he
likes
it that way in case he wants to login to the local computer he can
use
the same
names.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the desktop computers the users
are
given a
profile: that is a set of folders under "C:\Documents and
Settings",
and a
registry entry for user1 and another for user1.domain, and a registry
entry for
user1 and one for user1.domain. Likewise for "user2", and
also
for "administrator".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the notebook, the user is given a
profile
and a
set of folders, and a registry entry, but userx.domain is
not.
This does not matter if it is user1 or user2. Except for
one
thing...
user1 can connect to </FONT><A href="https://logmein.com";><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>https://logmein.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> secure
web
site
and user2 cannot connect to </FONT><A
href="https://logmein.com";><FONT
face=Arial size=2>https://logmein.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>
secure
web site. This has nothing to do with the account at
logmein.com,
since all login connections are made as user2. Rather the
page
refuses to load. Like wise for the high end software he
sells. User1
can make the connection, User2 cannot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since user2 would like to connect as
himself, we are hoping for a fix...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only relevant error in the event log
is:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><TR><TD valign="top" nowrap="nowrap"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2>1054-Source</TD> <TD valign="top"></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://eventid.net/source.asp?source=Userenv";><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Userenv</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> </TD>
</TR><TR><TD
valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">Type</TD> <TD
valign="top"></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.eventid.net/docs/types.asp#Error";><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Error</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2> </TD>
</TR><TR><TD
valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">Description</TD> <TD
valign="top">Windows
cannot
obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.
(<error
description>). Group Policy processing
aborted. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>I could understand if group policy
was
setting up roaming profiles, or some other vital setting for the
users,
but then
no domain user on any computer should have a profile
set??</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Anyone seen this before? All
solutions
welcome and acknowledged.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for considering my issue and more
thanks for
any and all assistance.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Anna
Clark</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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