Question : Vista - Connecting to a domain

Hi,

We are in the process of upgrading our office machines to Windows Vista. We have a server set up with windows server and a domain of "sites". We have a number of machines running XP and no issues with these.

THE PROBLEM:

The problem came when we tried to get the new Vista Machines to join the domain "sites".

1. Went to the `System Properties`.
2. Clicked 'Change'
3. Under the Computer Name/Domain Change options, entered "sites"
NOTE:-The computer has been manually added to the server
4. Clicked OK
5. This brings up a dialog box to enter a username and password - In here entered username and password of user on domain
6. ERROR:- We get the following error message:
"The following error occured attempting to join the domain "sites". The specified domain does not exist or could not be contacted."

Any help would be greatfull....

Matt

Answer : Vista - Connecting to a domain

Resolution
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"      Ran Nslookup and found name resolution is not working on the client machine
"      Did the same on the server and we got the same result
"      Checked the DNS and found Forward zone was not configured properly.
"      Deleted the forward look up zone and reconfigured the zone
"      Restarted the netlogon service on the server
"      We could see all the SRV records, except PDC one
"      Checked the active directory users and computer snap-in for operation master roles and found Error in the current operation master role text box.
"      Seized the FSMO roles as there  is only 1 domain controller
"      Restarted the netlogon service
"      This time we could see PDC folder
"      On the client machine, ran the below commands
"      Ipconfig /flushdns
"      Ipconfig /registerdns
"      Added the client to domain successfully

Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255504