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W2K Pro can't join NT4 Domain

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by racecarguy

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I have a W2K Pro notebook working fine in a NT 4 domain. We promoted a new server to PDC and demoted the old one. Since then, the notebook could not log onto the domain. I removed the notebook from the domain and tried to re-join and get the following msg - 'The specified domain does not exist or could not be contacted'. I can log onto the notebook using a local account and access other resources on the domain and our wan through authentication, but cannot join. I can also ping the PDC by NETBIOS name and IP address.

I have checked all IP info - subnet, gateway, wins, dns. All are ok. I have also tried everything suggested in the W2K pro resource kit. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

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by mckaytech

I did have almost this exact scenario and it resolved when I un-installed and re-installed the TCP/IP stack on the W2K Pro workstation (I found this suggestion in a TechNet article on Outlook not connecting to Exchange - the article said this results from the TCP/IP stack not initializing properly).

paul

by aaron.rigney

i have also seen a similar problem but i came after remimaging machines. i simply added the local computer to a workgroup, then rejoined the domain and everything was fine

by racecarguy

After making some changes to DHCP on the local BDC mainly to wins, and then changing it back, things started working ok and I was able to join the domain no problem.

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