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Name: longman2006
Date: July 17, 2005 at 15:33:01 Pacific
Subject: clients cant logon domain dosnt ...OS: win2k03CPU/Ram: athlon900/256ddr400 |
Comment: Hey everyone,
I am new to the domain world but i have had a p2p network for long (ever since 95 was released)
i have purchased windows server 2003 for dummies and i read and understood what to do and i configured my server to act as a file/ad/dns/dhcp server
but when i try and log on to the server using windows 2000 i get an error saying the domain does not exist.
I added the computers and users to my server but still cant lopgon!
What am i doing wrong?
im using the domain home.local
server name BACKUP
Users Michael,Alex,Kendra,Destiny
Can anyone help me?
My network is VERY small 4 computers
all connected to a 10MB/s hub server has DSL shared
PLEASE IM GETTING FRUSTRATED!!! Thx in advance!!!
Darin Luckie
AMD Athlon 900
256MB DDR 400
20GB hdd
Windows xp professional
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Response Number 1
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Name: Curt R
Date: July 17, 2005 at 19:00:42 Pacific
Subject: clients cant logon domain dosnt ... |
Reply: (edit)Ok, I'm assuming you're doing this all because you want to learn 2003 and the Active Directory environment. (any other reason wouldn't make a whole lot of sense....one does not torture oneself for entertainment purposes) Having said that.... Before you run dcpromo and promote the server to a domain controller you must first ensure your server has a Static IP address. You must enter the server's own IP address in the DNS field of it's TCP/IP settings. Then, run dcpromo and let it setup your DNS while doing the AD integration. DO NOT try to setup DNS yourself first. DNS is integral to AD and if the server is not pointing at itself for DNS when the first reboot is done after AD integration you'll have problems. Also, if DNS isn't setup properly you won't be able to login from clients properly or join client PC's to the domain. When joining client PC's to the domain you want to do that in System Properties >> Computer Name Tab >> Network button
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Response Number 2
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Name: longman2006
Date: July 17, 2005 at 19:22:12 Pacific
Subject: clients cant logon domain dosnt ... |
Reply: (edit)thx a million.... what about windows 98 clients do i just go to network in control panel and make sure that clients for microsoft network is set to logon to the domain home right?? Thx in advance!!!
Darin Luckie
AMD Athlon 900
256MB DDR 400
20GB hdd
Windows xp professional
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Response Number 3
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Name: Curt R
Date: July 18, 2005 at 04:47:20 Pacific
Subject: clients cant logon domain dosnt ... |
Reply: (edit)With 98 clients you need to install the dsclient software on them to make them work in an AD environment before joining them to an AD integrated domain. Other than that, you are correct about adding a 98 client.
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