Question : nslookup by name only doesnt show result.

Small Win2k A/D domain called "fred"
DC and NS are the same machine called "Barney" DNS uses forwarders and DC has its oen IP as its DNS server.  
The machine I want to resolve on the domain is called "PC1"
if I am on PC3 and open a cmd window,  then type
NSlookup
>pc1
Barney (the NS)cant find it and gives the appropriate message
if I then type
>pc1.fred
then I get the result I expect.

Since all these machines are on the same domain and nameserver, why do I have to include the Domain name in the lookup? Is something configured wrong that prevents Barney from looking up up PC1 as part of its own domain first and returngin the result of that host record??
I have no connecttivity issues so Its seems like is should work like this

Answer : nslookup by name only doesnt show result.

Primary DNS Suffix or DNS Suffix Search List have to be configured to be able to resolve by host name only. Those values are automatically appended onto any request for a name.

Can you run "ipconfig /all" and check the values for Primary DNS Suffix and DNS Suffix Search List to see if "fred" is included?

Chris