Re: Install query Win 2003 Standard - Domain

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From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:58:03 +0100

"Paul Walker" <paulwalker@thestate.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Mike,
>
> Excellent, thank you for an exceptionally clear answer.
>
> When I tried to join the domain on one of the XP machines I used AK
> and it siad it could not find the domain, the domain I need to use is
> AK.LOCAL yes?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul.

Paul,

Yes - if the client is Windows 2000 or Windows XP and you have configured
all the IP settings correctly to allow it to find the Active Directory and
the Domain Controllers use AK.LOCAL.
You can also use AKNETBIOS if your PC is using WINS to locate DCs.
Either should work. 

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"Paul Walker" <paulwalker@thestate.co.uk> wrote in message
news:qrdne0h190o7v3jcrqprbtpa68m7fcmf3k@4ax.com...
> Mike,
>
> Excellent, thank you for an exceptionally clear answer.
>
> When I tried to join the domain on one of the XP machines I used AK
> and it siad it could not find the domain, the domain I need to use is
> AK.LOCAL yes?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul.
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:26:53 +0100, "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]"
> <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >"Paul Walker" <ps@notathtisaddress.com> wrote in message
> >news:707me01ushoqjkm2a9fei900sg4h1l5blm@4ax.com...
> >>
> >> Ok,took delivery of new Dell Server with Win2003 Standard loaded.
> >> During the setup it asked a question regarding a NETBIOS name which I
> >> set as AKNETBIOS. The domain is AK.LOCAL.
> >>
> >> When setting up the XP workstations, I tried to join the domain AK but
> >> it would not work. Looking into Network places it identifies the
> >> domain as AKNETBIOS with the server name MAIN under it.
> >>
> >> I am confused as to how I am logging into the 'domain' AKNETBIOS and
> >> not AK.
> >>
> >> Could someone explain what I have done here and how I make AK the
> >> domain that I login to not AKNETBIOS.
> >>
> >
> >Network places is looking at the NetBIOS browse list for NetBIOS based
SMB
> >network access to shares and servers etc.
> >So the domain name displayed is the NetBIOS version you gave it.
> >You have logged onto the domain.  If you using a Windows 2000 or XP
machine
> >you could have logged on with username password and domain name (NetBIOS
> >name) or using a UPN suffix that has a DNS style name in it e.g.
> ><username>@AK.LOCAL
> >
> >You need to understand your domain has 2 names the fully qualified domain
> >name (FQDN) of AK.LOCAL and the NetBIOS name AKNETBIOS
> >joining the domain can be used using either of these - there is no domain
> >called just AK.
> >
> >-- 
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Mike
>
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