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by dcadmin

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I have a pdc on Win NT 4 sp5 that is the primary WINS server for the domain, the problem is that when server manager is opened all the computers on the domian are greyed out and it can't tell which type of machines are out there. Some other facts.This happened before and in Net neighborhood all you could see were the pdc and bdc. The problem was the same with the pdc saying each computer was "nt 4 workstation or server" and the pdc and bdc were recognized as servers. Last time I rebooted and it came back. This time no dice. The pdc is still functioning and I can see all the cpus on the domain from a workstation. Any thoughts, I am kind of stumped.

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by baadil

It seems like you are having problem with name resolution on the BDC. I would check the WINS data base. Also, it never hurts to reapply the service pack. I have seen machines doing wonders after reapplying the service packs. If it is not a too much trouble, try SP6a.

HTH

by dbowlin

I had a similar problem with the net neighborhood. I ended up deleting the WINS database, and starting WINS from scratch. I have a fairly small domain, and this was not painful at all.

Good luck.

by lintadsl

I would install Client-Based Network Tools from Resource Kit on a workstation and try to open Server manager from there. If it sees a name of PDC and says Windows NT Primary or not. If it says not, you may need to rename it.

Hope this helps you.

Sunny

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