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cannot add domain user to pc

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by donalconlon

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Hi,
We have a problem on site where if we try and add domain users to local professional desktops it gives an error message saying that the domain is not available.What we do is we go into the control panel then goto users and passwords then goto add and then browse to the list of domain users and although it lists all of the users when we try and select one it gives the error message about the domain not being available. We are using ststic ip addresses and can browse the network normally. Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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by gigelul

More detail:
-for what add domain user (to a share, user rights on the computer,etc)
-where on "profesional desktop" (user manager, what OS)

by gigelul

I'm not sure that I understand your problem but if the problem is only on one workstation and on others works, I think that you must to reestablish the trust relationship of this workstation with domain.
For that remove from Server Manager the workstation name from list. Log on workstation with local with local admin rights and in network properties set as member of workgroup. Reboot computer. Log on again as local admin and set as member of domain and set the option . Give the information about name and password of the Domain Admin. Reboot computer.

by donalconlon

thanks for the answer I've sorted it now by adding the users domain account to the pc by typing the name and domain in the appropiate boxes rather than browsing to it. Still cant figure out why I cant browse.

by saihib

You need to be logged on as the local administrator to create local user accounts on a workstation. Keep in mind that if you are logged on locally the domain will be unavailable. Just out of curiosity, why are you trying to add domain accounts to local workstations? I would think that you would want users to be able to log on to the domain from any workstation using a roaming profile and always receive the same desktop settings and have access to needed resources. What exactly are you trying toaccomplish?

by donalconlon

os=windows 2000 professional. We have an appplication whic needs either power user or admin rights to run. We cannot make her an admin and we dont want her logging on locally so she cant have power user rights. She can log onto any desktop in the domain but on this particular machine her domain uaccount is not listed in the users and passwords section in the control panel and when I try and add it I get the message saying that the domain is not available even though I can browse to it and select it.

by ptchtech

right click my computer choose manage. Expand local users and Groups. Open up groups. double click the group you want to add a user to and click add.
From Active directory users and computers on your domain controller you can also right click the computer object select manage and add a local users to that computer. It may be a good idea for you to make a "tech support group" a member of all of your win2k pro workstations administrator groups.

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