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<a href="http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBJ/tip4800/rh4867.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBJ/tip4800/rh4867.htm</a><br />
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do you have any further information about your environment or when this error started? &nbsp;is this a new setup? &nbsp;is your DNS server also you DC? &nbsp;Do you have other DNS / DC servers?
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http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBJ/tip4800/rh4867.htm [http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBJ/tip4800/rh4867.htm]

do you have any further information about your environment or when this error started?  is this a new setup?  is your DNS server also you DC?  Do you have other DNS / DC servers?

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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305837&ID=KB;EN-US;Q305837" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305837&ID=KB;EN-US;Q305837</a> &nbsp; &lt;-- but this is for Windwos 2000... not 2003
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305837&ID=KB;EN-US;Q305837 [http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305837&ID=KB;EN-US;Q305837]   <-- but this is for Windwos 2000... not 2003

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<a href="http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4000&eventno=296&source=DNS&phase=1" rel="ugc">http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4000&eventno=296&source=DNS&phase=1</a>
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http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4000&eventno=296&source=DNS&phase=1 [http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4000&eventno=296&source=DNS&phase=1]

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best practices for DNS: &nbsp;<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825036" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825036</a><br />

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best practices for DNS:  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825036 [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825036]


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The DNS Server was unable to open the Active Directory. This DNS server is configured to use directory service information and can not operate without access to the directory. The DNS server will wait for the directory to start. If the DNS server is started but the appropriate event has not been logged, then the DNS server is still waiting for the directory to start.
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The DNS Server was unable to open the Active Directory. This DNS server is configured to use directory service information and can not operate without access to the directory. The DNS server will wait for the directory to start. If the DNS server is started but the appropriate event has not been logged, then the DNS server is still waiting for the directory to start.

DNS Server was unable to open the Active Directory

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).