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by imrandailytimes

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Domain Controller Not Found - Unable to Join Domain
I've got Windows xp Pro workstations joined to an Active Directory domain running on a Windows 2000 Server. Some of these machines joined to the domain easily, but we can't join some of these Win XP Pro machines to our domain. I always get an error message saying:

"A domain controller for the domain could not be contacted

The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)

The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.DOMAIN NAME

Common causes of this error include the following:

- The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS."

Any ideas would be appreciated. As well as any reason why this is so, since they are running on thesame platform( Windows XP Pro.)
, and thesame methods were used in adding the others that connected easily.

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by vinitogupta

Hi,

Did you checked whether the boxes which are not connecting to domain are properly connected to network.
try ping command and make sure they are in network.

by cg it

more information is needed. Is this a SBS network?

there are 2 most common reasons, :
1. XP is not configured to use the local DNS server
2. The Windows XP SP2 firewall is blocking DNS queries

Less common is:
3. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is disabled and your using a NetBT domain name

by jkelley

Option 2 - Windows XP SP2 firewall

I was trying to log in locally and received the same message "Domain Controller could not be found"
I disabled the firewall and I can now log in with no problem. Thanks!

by boxshaman

I have a similar issue, except, we have an NT Domain I'm a bit of a Newb so:

1. How would I go about configuring the local machine's DNS server settings? (Pretty sure it's this one the machine works on the domain in the main server room)

2. How do I check the specifics for the firewall for such things (That wall of fire is really good at burning data)

3. I did check the NetBIOS over TCP/IP not that

by ed2008

Make sure DNS is configured Properly and running on your AD machine. Before joining XP machine to domain change the XP machines dns entry to the address of the AD box. Now join the domain.

by ahmed.elrayies

Dears,
I have this problem...
I joing the domain with Netbios but if i type FQDN I receive the erroe message.
Please help

by sv_vr

my client Win xp system was on Domain but suddenly my system gave error can't login to Domain.The error was "DNS name does not exists"(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_Name_error).
I reinstall winxp on client and tried, same problem...

Does anybody know solution for this problem....

by cg it

I thought Halloween was over but more of the dead are rising...

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