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Question : Domain Controller Not Found - Unable to Join Domain
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I've got 6 Windows 2000 Pro workstations joined to an Active Directory domain running on a Windows 2000 Server. Everything runs fine except we can't join any Win XP Pro machines to our domain. I always get an error message saying:
"A domain controller for the domain could not be contacted
The error was: "DNS name does not exist." (error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)
The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.DOMAIN NAME
Common causes of this error include the following:
- The DNS SRV record is not registered in DNS."
Any ideas would be appreciated. As well as any reason why this only happens with Windows XP Pro.
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Answer : Domain Controller Not Found - Unable to Join Domain
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I was also having the same problem and was getting to my wits end. Tried everything mentioned above but still couldn't get them to logon. Solution: On my Win2k server, I edited the TCP/IP properties Advanced - WINS tab to enable Netbios over TCP/IP. Tried again and was able to join the XP machines to the domain. Once joined, I can disable Netbios over TCP/IP and there's no problem logging in.
I don't doubt this has something to do with an incorrectly set up AD, but I don't know what it is. For instance, even though I''ve setup DNS to update dynamically, I never see any of the workstations listed in the forward lookup zones. Should they be there?
Hope this helps some of you get out of the woods. Ingo
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