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by ppolder

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On clicking on the "Active directory domains and trusts" on a Win2000 advanced server, I am receiving a message " The configuration information describing the enterprise is not available, the specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted". After this the Active directory domains and trusts screen appears I can then browse for my domain find and click on it only to receive a further error message, "Cannot connect to a domain controller in a pre windows domain"
Any clues out there would be appreciated.

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by maniacman

Some server that holds the global catalog service must be down, or if the GC server is across a WAN link, your WAN is down. Can you ping that server? Also, are you running in a mixed NT4 domain/AD environment, or are you in a pure Windows 2000 or 2003 AD domain? Please provide more info.

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by p.j.hutchison

Make sure that the following roles are all configured on your Domain Controllers(s):

PDC Emulator
RID Master
Schema Master
Infrastructure Master *
Domain Naming Master *

Look in AD consoles for Operations Masters to ensure that they are set to a valid DC server.

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