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Cannot contact domain controller.

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by jdillman

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I am trying to join an XP Pro Sp2 machine into a domain. The DC is running Windows Server 2003. When I try to join it I get an error that says "A domain controller for the domain ***** could not be contacted." When I click on the details button it says that the DC was identified through a DNS query. The XP machine is using the server for its DNS, I can ping the workstation from the server and vice versa. I have checked the Host (A) record for the DC, it is both there and accurate. The XP box is getting the correct info from DHCP and I tried to put in a hard ip address. I've also tried rebuilding the tcp/ip stack. If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated.

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by rob miners

I have had a similar problem before. Instead of putting in "microsoft.com" in the Domain Name try just putting microsoft or whatever your Domain Name is.

by jdillman

Our domain looks like this: domainlocal, with out a period. So that was what I was trying to join. But then I was looking at my wins management console I saw the entries weren't domainlocal but domain. So I figured what the heck, I tried to join to domain and it worked. Thank you for taking time to look into my problem.

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