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My domain has DFS Shares.<br />
They are perfectly visible for all clients (XP and Vista) that are joined to the domain<br />
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I have a Vista 64 laptop that is not joined to the domain and it cannot access dfs share, whether &nbsp;I use<br />
\\domain\files<br />
or<br />
\\domain.com\files<br />
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When I try to access that path, I get a window asking me to authenticate. I type proper indentification (a user account that is part of the domain) and get an error message<br />
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Windows cannot access \\domain.com\files\<br />
Error Code 0x80004005<br />
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My domain has DFS Shares.
They are perfectly visible for all clients (XP and Vista) that are joined to the domain

I have a Vista 64 laptop that is not joined to the domain and it cannot access dfs share, whether  I use
\\domain\files
or
\\domain.com\files

When I try to access that path, I get a window asking me to authenticate. I type proper indentification (a user account that is part of the domain) and get an error message

Windows cannot access \\domain.com\files\
Error Code 0x80004005



Vista Client (Not joined to Domain) Cannot access DFS share

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