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Unable to access 2000 domain from a new XP machine with SP2

I have a 2000 domain with mostly 98 machines and 3 XP machines. A new laptop was purchased with XP Pro and SP2 preinstalled.

Am able to join this to the domain OK and the user is able to log on but gets an error about schema or DC not being available.

From his logon we are unable to access the GP objects

Leandro Iacono

Could you please be a bit more specific on what the error says. An Error number would also come in handy.

The XP version that came with your laptop might be specificly designed for home use. Which wouldn't mean you cannot join a domain with an XP Home Edition. But maybe the license that came with that PC doesn't permit the computer to be allowed to a domain.

But this is probably not the reason why your getting this error. This is very unusual to happen.

We here at EE would need a more extensive explanation of the error.

jimcrint

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It is XP Pro and I can join it to the domain

When the user logs on an error comes up in a window titled "epm" and the error is " failed to get data schemaDC "

He then get mapped drives from the script OK and has permissions but when I access the computer from the DC to add him to the local admin group the domain is not available

The computer is an ACER laptop

I have had XP machines connected to the domain in the past and I can not see any errors in the event logs

Nirmal Sharma

Hummm...the problem is with Acer Notebook only.
Please go through this Forum and resolve your poblem: -
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Problem fixed: Service had minimized started the FireDaemon by mistake. Nu geht's only times.
I ask myself, wasum Acer not am interested in a solution. Finally in companies in principle as administrator one does not work. If then that does not know the energy options einstelln, is completely large muck!
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SystmProg

jimcrint

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Is there an english version

Is there a service I need to stop from loading??

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jimcrint

ASKER

Sounds good I will have a look in the moring as I can only access it remotly through the server but he took the laptop home for the night.

Nirmal Sharma

Ok :-)

jimcrint

ASKER

Have them both going now. Not sure what the problem was, the epower service was not starting when logging to the domain. I solved the problem by making the users domain admins. When they were loged in I then added them as local admins then took them off being domain admins.

Never hd to do this before so there was some strange interaction going on with the Acer services

Nirmal Sharma

>>>Never hd to do this before so there was some strange interaction going on with the Acer services.

Yes. You are correct because all the services are started under the security context of SYSTEM account or Administrator account. Make sure all the services are starting under these accounts. Check it on Log On As tab on services.

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SystmProg