Event ID: 5774
Source NETLOGON
Type Error
Description Registration of the DNS record '_gc._tcp.Default-First-Site._sites.test.stsdte.com. 600 IN SRV 0
100 3268 abt.test.stsdte.com.' failed with the following error: DNS server unable to interpret format.
Comments Darren Kennedy: See the link below to Registry Tweaks for a description of the problem.
Adrian Grigorof: This error message may be generated in several circumstances. See Q259277 for a general approach on troubleshooting this. In some cases this may be caused by the security setting on the parent.local server being set to only use secure updates. Changing this to allow "dynamic updates" (instead of only secure) might eliminate the problem.
Another newsgroup discussion thread suggested that the event was caused by the fact that the Active Directory Domain Controller running the DNS server did NOT point to itself as a DNS server (instead it used the ISP DNS servers). Changing the DNS server settings to point toitseld fixed the problem.
Joakim Bengtsson: I found that delaying startup of Netlogon service until DNS was started solved this problem. Just add DNS to the DependOnService entry in HKLM-System-CurrentControlSet-Services-Netlogon. This is described among other things in Q193888.
Sven Jedeck: This event can occur when the IP address of the server is changed.
Daniel Hamilton: This Error occurs when DNS Server has its database in Active Directory Integrated mode, and is also a Domain Controller and network adapters have been changed in the system. Fix: Delete affected zones and recreate the zones. This will allow the NETLOGON service to successfully re-register the records that were being reported in the 5774 event.
