Windows XP client connecting to NT 4.0 domain

[hocking]

At work we have a small network which has one NT 4.0 PDC,
and a mixture of Windows 95, 98, 2000 & XP clients. We
have 4 Compaq EVO desktops running XP, and we just
purchased 4 more Compaq EVOs running XP, and I just setup
one of them, and was able to log into the domain w/o
issues. Once I delived the PC to the clients office, I
was unable to log in. I kept getting an error message
that says: "Windows cannot connect to the domain either
because the domain controller is down or otherwise
unavailable or because your computer account was not
found." I am able to log onto the PC locally, and then
browse the network, and ping any IP on the network, but I
can't logon onto the domain. I have removed the network
card from device manager, and all the network protocols,
then reinstalled them, to no avail. I found MS Knowledge
Base Article Q318266 which fits exactly the issue I am
having, and the resolution is to disable the Domain
Memberigitally encrypt or sign secure channel data
(always) policy, but once again to no avail. Anyone got
any ideas? Robert Hocking, A+, MCSE NT 4.0.

 

[nhidalgo]

Find your "lmhosts.sam" file on the xp computer. I believe it should be in "c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc". Rename the file to just "lmhosts". Then open the file in notepad and add the following line:

ip of server NameOfDomainControl #PRE #DOM:NameOfYourDomain
example:
192.168.90.90 Bigserv #PRE #DOM:MYDOMAIN

Hope this helps
Nick

 

[djhawthorn]

The computer does have a computer account on your clients domain I take it?

Have you tried recreating that domain account?

Is your client running WINS / is the machine configured with the correct WINS Server? MCSE NT4/W2K