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As toniur noted, this will not affect it's ability to play nice in a domain environment, if you want to see this information in DNS, you can ensure that the following option is enabled in the Network Configuration on the client (assuming XP):<br />
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1) Open &quot;Control Panel&quot;<br />
2) Open &quot;Network Connections&quot;<br />
3) Right-click your Local Area Connection, and select &quot;Properties&quot;<br />
4) Select &quot;TCP/IP&quot;, and click &quot;Properties&quot;<br />
5) Click &quot;Advanced&quot;<br />
6) Select the &quot;DNS&quot; tab<br />
7) Ensure that &quot;Register this connection's address in DNS&quot; is checked<br />
7a) *You may also have to define the DNS suffix depending on your domain environment (multiple domains)<br />
7b) *If applicable, check the box next to &quot;Use this connections DNS suffix in DNS registration&quot;<br />

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As toniur noted, this will not affect it's ability to play nice in a domain environment, if you want to see this information in DNS, you can ensure that the following option is enabled in the Network Configuration on the client (assuming XP):

1) Open "Control Panel"
2) Open "Network Connections"
3) Right-click your Local Area Connection, and select "Properties"
4) Select "TCP/IP", and click "Properties"
5) Click "Advanced"
6) Select the "DNS" tab
7) Ensure that "Register this connection's address in DNS" is checked
7a) *You may also have to define the DNS suffix depending on your domain environment (multiple domains)
7b) *If applicable, check the box next to "Use this connections DNS suffix in DNS registration"


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1) If I have a computer that is able to log on to the domain but, for some reason, does not have an A record in DNS what effect will that have on this computers ability to function in the domain?<br />
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2) How can I run ipconfig /flushdns or the equivalent, on a group of remote computers in an effort to troublshoot some dns issues. &nbsp;All the PCs are remotely located and I am unable to get with each user to have them run this.
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1) If I have a computer that is able to log on to the domain but, for some reason, does not have an A record in DNS what effect will that have on this computers ability to function in the domain?

2) How can I run ipconfig /flushdns or the equivalent, on a group of remote computers in an effort to troublshoot some dns issues.  All the PCs are remotely located and I am unable to get with each user to have them run this.

Host (A) records

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).

Windows Server 2003

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.