I just built a new PC and was trying to join it to the domain, and it says it cannot locate the domain on the network. I also cannot browse to it from the run command by typing the network path, but using the IP address I can view the shared resources. I had noticed earlier in the month that when looking at My Network Places under the CLASSICEQUINE domain, that the server, CEEFS1, doesn’t appear in the list. I ran dcdiag on the server and this is the result:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>dcdiag
Domain Controller Diagnosis
Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.
Doing initial required tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CEEFS1
Starting test: Connectivity
The host c328fb9a-0e6e-494e-97e9-7e3323dfef24._msdcs.ClassicEquine.loca
l could not be resolved to an
IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
Although the Guid DNS name
(c328fb9a-0e6e-494e-97e9-7e3323dfef24._msdcs.ClassicEquine.local)
couldn’t be resolved, the server name (CEEFS1.ClassicEquine.local)
resolved to the IP address (192.168.110.7) and was pingable. Check
that the IP address is registered correctly with the DNS server.
……………………. CEEFS1 failed test Connectivity
Doing primary tests
Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CEEFS1
Skipping all tests, because server CEEFS1 is
not responding to directory service requests
Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running partition tests on : ClassicEquine
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
……………………. ClassicEquine passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
……………………. ClassicEquine passed test CheckSDRefDom
Running enterprise tests on : ClassicEquine.local
Starting test: Intersite
……………………. ClassicEquine.local passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
……………………. ClassicEquine.local passed test FsmoCheck