Re: Unable to find domain controller. User will be logged using local credentials

From: Clementius (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:48:06 -0500

Hi Jack,
I change the registry entry on a NT machine and it resolved the logon issue
when logging off and logging back in. The machine did not find the domain
controller one more time just after booting though. I assume the service had
not started yet. Thanks again. C

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> | Hi
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> | You may also check the Logon Server of the user. To do so, please refer
> to
> | the following steps.
> |
> | 1. Click Start and select Run.
> |
> | 2. Type CMD in the Open box and click OK.
> |
> | 3. Type Set and press Enter.
> |
> | If the LogonServer is the crashed DC, you may need to change it to a
> | working DC. The LogonServer information is also stored in the following
> | registry key. You may change it directly for the user.
> |
> | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Volatile Environment
> |
> | For more information, you may refer to the following article.
> |
> | 129829 Cannot Logon to Domain After Changing Computer Name
> | http://support.microsoft.com/?id=129829
> |
> | Hope this helps!
> |
> | Sincerely,
> | Jack Wang, MCSE 2000, MCSA, MCDBA, MCSD
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> | | From: "Clementius" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> | | Subject: Unable to find domain controller. User will be logged using
> | local credentials
> | | Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 11:56:04 -0500
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> | | Hi,
> | | We were running one Windows 2003 server (PDC emulator) and two NT 4.0
> | domain
> | | controllers on our network. One of the NT 4.0 domain controller died
> over
> | | the week-end. All users run a script from netlogon share. Since the NT
> 4.0
> | | domain controller died we have had some users getting "Unable to find
> | domain
> | | controller. User will be logged using local credentials". This happens
> on
> | | Windows NT 4.0 workstation only. When they get the message, they do
not
> | run
> | | the login script and do not get access to share drive. Any thoughts on
> why
> | | this is happening? Is there a way to disable login using local
> credentials
> | | on the NT workstations? Thank you for your input. C
> | |
> | |
> | |
> |
> |
>

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