Hi, I settled a domain based on WHS (similar to windows server 2003) and many xp pro and 2 vista. With xp i've joned domain with no problem at all. With Vista I've got an error regarding DNS .. Any suggestions? On the net I've found nothing I have firewalls off and open ports on the router Thanks

raphael9999, What exactly is the message that you get? Any error numbers? Thanks, Http://www.pseesolutions.com

Put firewalls back on and leave them on. DNS is an IP address. It can be manually entered or automatically or even both. The command ipconfig /all would/should show it. The GUI (MS renamed it and moved it for some odd reason) would show it and allow you to edit that entry. More numbers are not normally bad. Put the Router's ip, servers's IP and you ISP's IP's in. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

I don't believe windows home server has domains like in 2003 but you can configure a domain name for allowing internet access to your WHS. Does WHS have a dns server? Does WHS have active directory and a forest? From my reading it has neither. I suspect your issue was trying to join a domain vs a workgroup. Join a workgroup and not a domain to see if you complete without errors. I would add that I suspect the error was server not found. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachin...

for Gabbay : the error you can find here http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/... ------------- Jefro I have setting the router firewall fine. All the pcs have our ip and the same preferential DNS (that ones my provider gave me). Only the server has a unique DNS: 127.0.0.1 -------------- For some reason WHS has the core of small business server. Following this http://www.visualwin.com/ I was able to crete an active directory and a domain. It works nice with xp (only this morning I have had to set again the domain field because a defrag program cant connect them - and this is a negative point I have to solve with xp -any suggestions?) Anyway it works because during the tutorial I was asked for windows server 2003 service pack2 disc and for small business server 2003 disc and I putted inside the cdrom my copy of WHS. Believe me it creates a domain and an active directory. The fact is I'm not able to configure it at best...I'm a newbie with server OS. And still that problem with Vista pcs. Please help

This being the case you have a DNS configuration issue. Workstation needs to have the WHS ip in its first dns entry. Do this and see if you can't join now. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachin...

Great You have reason. I putted my WHS Ip in the vista pc and it works... Many thanks Solved