We are a high school running XP workstations, logging into a Windows 2003 server. On a number of computers, every so often, the network logon fails, reporting that the domain controller is unavailable. A computer right next to this one can log in just fine.
In order to fix this, I take the computer out of the domain (putting it into a workgroup), restart, then add the computer back to our domain. Each of these steps requires my account to be authenticated, so connectivity is not the problem. Problem is solved for the day. After the computer is powered down for the night, the same problem returns the next day. It seems the server is “forgetting” that the workstation belongs to the domain. Any ideas what’s going on?
Thanks in advance.
