XP Pro Networking

[DMWCSD]

I have a couple computers in one of my buildings that apparently do not connect to the network during the initial bootup process. When I reboot the machines, I recieve several error messages in the event viewer system folder saying that the computer was not able to contact a dhcp server, and time could not synchronize..... However, the once the machine does boot, it does eventually pull an Ip and communicate with the server. I have recently put a new computer in place of the old, so that we could spend time troubleshooting the problem, but the new computer does the same thing. I checked the physical network connection and there seems to be no problem with the wiring.

My only thought is that this could be a server issue, but I am unsure at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[rvnguy]

DMWCSD,

The server maintains a record of the PC's that have accounts setup. Did you perform a "join" for the PC?

This may guide you.

How to change a computer name or join a domain in Windows XP

http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?st=b&na=88&View=en-us&qu=windows+xp+join+domain

Hope this helps

rvnguy
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