Re: unable to join domain

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello sachin2531,

As this posting comes up today 11.Dec.2009 in this NG, maybe check your time/date
settings on the machine.

Please post an unedited ipconfig /all from the DC/DNS server and the Vista
machine so we can exclude DNS as a main problem.

Are the Vista machine and the DC in the same time zone and is the time on
both machines more or less the same?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Dear All
> Pls Help me I having Windowds vista Business edi. on my laptop I
> trying
> to join in domain which have sever 2008 std. edi. I got the error " an
> attempt to resolve the dns name of a dc in the domain being joined has
> failed.please verify this client is configured to reach a dns server".
> I diable UAC setting, off windows firewall , made doimain entery in
> hosts file,
> also made host entry in AD. ( But when I trying to join windows laptop
> in domain I join domain without error ).
> so please help me.Thanks in Advance
> Thanks & regards
>
> Tsachin
>
> 9920576393
>

[kj [SBS MVP]]

sachin2531 wrote:
> Dear All
> Pls Help me I having Windowds vista Business edi. on my laptop I
> trying to join in domain which have sever 2008 std. edi. I got the
> error " an attempt to resolve the dns name of a dc in the domain
> being joined has failed.please verify this client is configured to
> reach a dns server".
>
> I diable UAC setting, off windows firewall , made doimain entery in
> hosts file,
> also made host entry in AD. ( But when I trying to join windows laptop
> in domain I join domain without error ).
> so please help me.Thanks in Advance
>
>
>
> Thanks & regards
>
> Tsachin
>
> 9920576393

Configure the Vista DNS client settings to use the domain DNS servers (often
one or more DC's) and *only* those DNS servers. Do not use an ISP DNS server
or any others. Then retry the domain join.... and ditch the host entry.

--
/kj