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machine won't add to domain
I had this problem b4 and did what I HATE to do as a solution - reformatted windows. I hate doing it because I believe everything has a solution, time was of the essence then (as it is now) but I have no intention of resorting to that.
I upgraded a PDC for a medium sized biz (finally convinced them to get the Win2k3) from win2k server. All machines have been re-added to domain seamlessly except one (and yes, all users and computers are set up in 'AD users and computers')
Of course, I had to log on locally onto the machines (i.e. log into "this computer" since the old domain no longer existed - changed the Domain name, long story) but adding them to the domain was no problem for both win2kpro and winXP machines. This troublemaker is a win2k pro (older) machine, and it keeps telling me it cannot find the specified domain ("does not exist, or not connected"). To cover some of the basics, the domain does exist - that much I have been able to establish :}, the machine in question is physically connected to the network (cable ok & NIC ok). Why would I be getting this error, and how can it be resolved (the login used has administrator privileges, and in any event it does eventually ask for a user with rights to add the machine to the domain, but I don't even get that far!)