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Logon scripts work somtimes

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by paul_gski

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Have two servers running windows nt terminal server with sp6. One is a PDC and the other is a BDC. Most workstations are running windows 2000 pro. When a windows 2000 pro user logons to the network somtimes the logon script works somtimes it don't. when a windows nt user logons scripts always work?? I am use directory replicator

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by joseph moore

Win2k Professional clients do have connection problems connecting to a NT4 PDC, since Win2K wants to use DNS for connectivity, and NT4 does not use DNS in that way.
The best way I have found to make a Win2k client always connect to a NT4 PDC is to modify the LMHOSTS file on the Win2K machine for domain authentication.
Here is a Technet article on how to do this:
How to Write an LMHOSTS File for Domain Validation and Other Name Resolution Issues (Q180094)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q180094
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hope this helps

by dneisler

It sounds like your problem is that you dont have the logon script on both the domain controllers. Some of the systems are logging in on the PDC and some on the BDC, if one of those servers doesnt have the logon script, the client machine will not process it.

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