"netlogon is not running on this machine" error

[Wangchuk]

Hi

I've been put in charge of a small network of computers. At the moment, this consists of a Windows 2000 Server domain controller, one Windows 2000 Professional client and a few other 98/ME clients. I am a programmer by profession, so this network admin lark is quite new to me.

The problem I am having is trying to logon to the domain from the Windows 2000 client machine. I get an error, "cannot log you on because netlogon is not running on this machine". With much help from an expert, I have ensured that the DNS configuration is correct: netdiag reports the DNS is all okay.

Why can I not logon from the client? I have checked that both the client and server are running netlogon, and if I use the wrong password, I get a 'bad password' error, so they are talking in some way, just not allowing me to logon. What do I need to do? I've restarted the netlogon service on the server, but no joy.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Wangchuk

 

[Huffy]

Have you verified that the account you are logging on as is not locked out? We have an account lock out policy enabled and get "unable to log on because netlog is not running" error message if our account is locked out. Also can anyone else log on to the Windows 2000 client?

 

[Wangchuk]

Huffy, thanks for your reply.

I have been trying to log onto the client using the domain Administrator account, which is certainly not locked out. I can successfully log onto the server using this account.

No-one can log onto the domain from the client machine. Everyone gets the "netlog" message. The DNS all seems to be working though...

KW

 

[dball63]

From the server.
Go to administrative tools, services.
make sure that net logon service is started.
If this service is not started, nobody will be able to login to domain.
Hope that helps.

 

[Huffy]

Is this pc on the network? See if you can ping it.

 

[Wangchuk]

I've resolved this problem now, thanks guys. There were some networking components missing from the client machine. Doh.