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by nlittle

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I have a dial-up pc that will not prompt for a domain choice at logon. I only get the username and password fields. What do I do to get that prompt? I'm obviously overlooking something. When I do logon and then dial-up our network, the user gets authenticated through the shiva modem and the firewall.I can ping by name & ip address, the pdc and exchange server. I can get to the internet. I cannot add the pc/user to the domain, nor add the correct domain to outlook so the user can get email service. I've added both pdc and exchange server to hosts & lmhosts. I cannot enter a WINS server address (it's grayed out). What am I doing wrong? The OS is NT4, SP6a.

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by bergerpeat

Hi, Just enter the username and the password the first time and the system should detect that credential has to be on a domain.It will ask you again your password with the domain field this time.

good luck!

by nlittle

This answer is not detailed enough. I have logged onto and off this system many, many times trying to get this to work. It has not responded as you describe!

by nlittle

No enough details. I have logged on and off many times and did not get this result. I get the error "a domain controller for this domain cannot be located" or whatever those exact words are!

by stillatit

In the Network control panel, here are the settings.

Under the Adapters tab, there must be at least one adapter (possibly a dial-up adapter and/or a vpn adapter). There might also be a network card if you have a network at the remote site.

You want tcp/ip and netbeui protocols installed on the protocols tab. (Since you mentioned hosts and lmhosts, you probably do.) On the tcp/ip properties WINS tab, check which adapter is showing. If it is not an adapter which is active when logging on, WINS will not be available.

On the Network Sevices tab, you should see Computer Browser, NetBIOS Interface, RPC Configuration, Server and Workstation.

On the Identification tab, click the Change button. Depending on how you want to operate, youcan be using either Domain, or Workgroup. If you choose Workgroup, make the workgroup name identical to your domain name at work.

To join the domain, have the dial-up connection up and connected first, then click on Domain, fill in the name, andclick OK. You can try to create the computer account from here, using a domain account and password with at least "Add computer account" rights (typically administrator or a domain admin). If you cannot add it from here, add it from the PDC console,in Server Manager, while the dial-up machine is on line.

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by stillatit

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Note that if the user name and password you use on the remote machine EXACTLY matches a username/password on your domain, you will have domain access as that user, even if your machine is not in the domain. This mechanism also gets you into Outlook and network shares. (If you insist on logging into Outlook as someone else, in your Outlook profile, (tools/services/Microsoft Exchange Server/properties/advanced) change the authentication method from NT Password Authentication to Distributed Password Authentication.)

If you really insist on a domain box in your login screen, you will have to join a domain.

When you log into the Shiva, it puts you on the network wire with an IP address. It does NOT do a domain login. The "Log onto network" checkbox in dial-up networking attempts a domain login to a PDC. (By the way, the lmhosts entry needs #DOM: and #PRE tags.)

Good luck.

by stef gerber

Double click the Client for Microsoft Networks in the properties of net hood.
Check log on to domain and then type in the domain name you are logging into.

by t.kotoulas

If your domain is named TEST, and your user account is test1, you can overcome it if you have clear text as your authentication method by typing "TEST\test1" at your user prompting and the pwd at the pwd prompting.

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