Well, It seems I've got a big problem. It seems that I can't join any computers to the domain. Those that are already joined, don't seem to have any other issue than the user cannot change thier passwords. But we've just replaced two computers with new ones and I can't get them on the domain. Here is what happens.
I have a computer called "ACCOUNTING" and there is an account for both the computer and the user on our PDC. This computer is being replaced. So, the old one gets taken down, and off the network. The new one gets setup, and plugged in. I name it ACCOUNTING as well. I then try to join the domain. It asks me for a username and password. I give it the username and password of the user that is using this computer. It reports back that there is already an account for this user on the Domain. (So far so good)
It asks me if I want to use this account. I tell it yes. It then wants the username, password, and domain of someone that has authorization to join a domian. (everything going as expected so far).
I give it the username for the administrator account, and password. I also give it the domain name. At this point, I get this lovely error message that it can't join the domain because the "Network Name Cannot Be Found."
I am getting really frustrated with this. I've not had any Network Administration training, and managed to get the server up as a PDC, running DNS and DHCP by reading forums, but this problem is well beyond what I know.
Timothy N. Couch
I have a computer called "ACCOUNTING" and there is an account for both the computer and the user on our PDC. This computer is being replaced. So, the old one gets taken down, and off the network. The new one gets setup, and plugged in. I name it ACCOUNTING as well. I then try to join the domain. It asks me for a username and password. I give it the username and password of the user that is using this computer. It reports back that there is already an account for this user on the Domain. (So far so good)
It asks me if I want to use this account. I tell it yes. It then wants the username, password, and domain of someone that has authorization to join a domian. (everything going as expected so far).
I give it the username for the administrator account, and password. I also give it the domain name. At this point, I get this lovely error message that it can't join the domain because the "Network Name Cannot Be Found."
I am getting really frustrated with this. I've not had any Network Administration training, and managed to get the server up as a PDC, running DNS and DHCP by reading forums, but this problem is well beyond what I know.
Timothy N. Couch