can not access AD users and computers

[tedkilroy]

Trying to figure what went wrong. I get a "Naming information cannot be located: specified domain does not exist or can not be contacted" message.

System was fine yesterday, any suggestiosn?

 

[nsanto17]

are you doing this from the server or from a workstation?

This normally points to a DNS problem.

 

[tedkilroy]

Troubleshooting from a DC, was off yesterday and someone tried to add a user account and since then my DC is disfunctiional. (gotta a gun!)

Can not detect anything via logs, event viewer only displays id 1054, which I have gotten 10 different remedies for it.

Could it be possible that some sort of global user or group that any/all fields were not filled in correcly? Or even another domain? Its like the DC exists but it is not seen via anything in MMC.

 

[nsanto17]

Are you running Small Business Server or regular Server.

If your running SBS please list your setup with how many servers and roles they perform.

That should help us a little more.

Also what is the Source for Event ID 1054?

Thanks

Nick

 

[tedkilroy]

2003 sbs as dns server, AD with 15 xp2 workstations. seems like a DNS, though there really doesn't look like anything wrong in there. DCDIAG says there is no DC present.

getting event id 1054 in the application tab/event viewer alot. DC has been up since 04 with no problems until early this week.

gpedit has alot of fails: fail to set DC as active sysvol, fail to set fqdn as sysvol.

i'am hoping i don't have to start from scratch.

 

[Venzent]

Is your dns correcting properly? Try to resolve (from nslookup) the name of the DC.
Are all the services that should run automaticly started?