Re: Domain not available
- From: "Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 07:24:53 -0400
Hi Mark:
Is the DC you reference SBS 2003, which is the focus of this group? If not, you may be better off in the standard Windows Server group.
I can add that if as you seem to say, you cannot logon to the errant workstation, and it cannot be found on the network from other computers on the network, and if you cannot determine that it is set to receive DHCP, or indeed that the network adapter is working, you probably need to fix those issues.
Apparently the password for any local user has been lost? If you need to release the local admin password to gain control of the workstation, have a look at this:
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
In particular
Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
about 2/3 down the page. I use it under similar conditions, and can testify that it works.
Larry
"Mark" <mtaylor*@*lrim.com> wrote in message news:1212836083_4126@xxxxxxxx
I am receiving the dreaded error "Cannot log you in now because the
domain "XXX" is not available."
Well a laptop plugged into the adjoining port works fine, but is
configured to know where to find the local DNS server.
The workstation not able to log in is a Windows XP machine and I think
the network adapter is configured to receive an IP automatically, and no
DNS information is provided. So, it is strictly relying on windows
networking to ID the machine and get an IP address. But it doesn't seem
to be working. Once booted the machine cannot be seen on the network, not
does it have an IP address.
The complication is that we cannot log into the machine locally to fix
this at the workstation level, if there is indeed anything wrong with the
workstation. I think that something in the DC is not broadcasting
something so that the workstation can receive an IP address. Question is,
what exactly is it?
I have rebooted the DC, restarted services such as WINS, DNS, Browser,
etc. Removed the machine from the AD list. The only thing I have not
done, and really do not want to do is demote and promote the machine.
I don't really know what else to try at this point. I thought I'd run it
by you guys before I called in the $1000 per day company....
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
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