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I am having problems logging Windows 2000 an xp pc's on to our domain in some of our locations on our WAN.
We have a Windows 2000 server pdc with a Windows Nt bdc in our headquarters, all our other locations have nt servers.
The problem is in two locations I cannot log new pcs onto the domain. I can only map drives and log the users on locally to the pc.
Any help on how to overcome this problem would be appreciated.

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by green lantern

1. Add the following entries to the Lmhosts file:
10.0.0.1 PDCName #PRE #DOM:Domain-name
10.0.0.1 "Domain-name \0x1b" #PRE
**********************************************
NOTE:The Domain-name in this entry is case sensitive. Make sureyou enter it in upper case per Q262655 PDC Names Entered in LMHOSTS File are case-sensitive.
**********************************************
NOTE: Spacing of these entries is imperative. Replace 10.0.0.1 with the IP address of your primary domain controller (PDC), PDCName with the NetBIOS name of your PDC, and Domain with your Windows NT domain name. There must be a total
of 20 characters within the quotations (the domain name plus the appropriate number of spaces to pad up to 15 characters plus the backslash plus the NetBIOS hex representation of the service type).

To help determine where the 16th character is, copy the following line to your
LMHOSTS file:
# IP Address "123456789012345*7890"
Line up the double quotes (") by adding or removing spaces from the comment line, and place the \ on the 16th column (the column marked with the asterisk). You must use SPACES after the name and before the \, not a tab.

After this run a command prompt and this command:

"nbtstat -R" (without the quotation marks)

Make sure your entries are correct! That is our major problem here.

by jgarza

I was having similiar problem. Solved it by installing the WIN services on the new server.

by farlo79

I have Installed Win Services on all the servers. And I have altered the lmhosts files but I am still having the same problems in two of my locations. Seems to be with only Windows 2000 Pro and Xp pro pc's. I have no problems with Windows Me, Nt, 98or 95 machines

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