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by larbakium

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Hi all, bet this is a discussed issue but i came across something that I do not understand. I setup my domain controller on a 2k3server. The full domain name is uk.support.com but if I try to connect a other box to the this domain using this full name I can not gives an error that could not find the domain. The wai I get it to work is using the label Domain name (pre-win2000) which is UK only. In this way it connects. Actually i notice that if I check the local users on the DC i have UK\Administrato... why is not uk.support.com..??

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larbac

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by wizard-09

When you said add another box do you mean desktop or server, the reason it cannot find the DC is maybe because of a DNS issue and your using the FQDN in order to find the DC, have a look at your DNS server and see do you have a record for your DC and the right IP and pointer in place.

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by skdtech

On the client you want to join to the domain set the DNS address to the IP of the domain controller before trying to join.

When your client tries to find the domain, the name request goes to whatever DNS servers your DHCP is handing out and if the first one on the list is not your DCs local address it will not find it.

As to the the UK\Administrator account, your Domain is UK which is a subdomain of support which is a subdomain of com. If you were to setup another DC as a domain of support.com it would have a SUPPORT\Administrator account.

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