"Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the controller is down or otherwise unavailable..."
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I have a domain called company.local on windows 2003 server. I have various XP pcs connected to the domain which work fine. I have one PC failed so I installed Nortons ghost on a good pc and created a image. I reinstalled the faulty pc with this image then i renamed this pc to dell023 i did this by taking the pc of the domain and putting it on a workgroup rebooted then changed name then put it back on the domain rebooted. I was able to logon to the domain for a short while. Now everytime i logon i keep on getting this error and the only option i get is to click ok then it takes me back to the logon screen:
"Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found. Please try again later. If this message continues to appear, contact your network administrator for assistance.".
I have deleted the computer that i cloned and the original from computers on the DC then reboot my computers but i still get this error. I can ping the pc from the dc using there names. I cannot find how to resolve this, i have seen a few articles on this to unplug the nic cable and try loggin on but i have tried to logon to this more than 10 times as the article suggests so i dont hink this will work.
Any help would be great.
I have a domain called company.local on windows 2003 server. I have various XP pcs connected to the domain which work fine. I have one PC failed so I installed Nortons ghost on a good pc and created a image. I reinstalled the faulty pc with this image then i renamed this pc to dell023 i did this by taking the pc of the domain and putting it on a workgroup rebooted then changed name then put it back on the domain rebooted. I was able to logon to the domain for a short while. Now everytime i logon i keep on getting this error and the only option i get is to click ok then it takes me back to the logon screen:
"Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found. Please try again later. If this message continues to appear, contact your network administrator for assistance.".
I have deleted the computer that i cloned and the original from computers on the DC then reboot my computers but i still get this error. I can ping the pc from the dc using there names. I cannot find how to resolve this, i have seen a few articles on this to unplug the nic cable and try loggin on but i have tried to logon to this more than 10 times as the article suggests so i dont hink this will work.
Any help would be great.
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Have you checked your IP address settings. Does your Primary DNS point to your domain. Does nslookup command on the comman prompt return you your domain name??
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I did not use sysprep. I need to clone another machine what is the correct procedure to doing this?
How can i remove it from the domain as i cannot logon locally to the machine. Do i also need to remove
the computers from the windows 2003 domain controller? do i need to run newsid on both my original and clone machine?
Thanks for your help.
How can i remove it from the domain as i cannot logon locally to the machine. Do i also need to remove
the computers from the windows 2003 domain controller? do i need to run newsid on both my original and clone machine?
Thanks for your help.
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Thanks for you help.
So i need to run the newsid utility on each new machine that is cloned from the original do i also need to remove these computers from the AD computers?
I have found that i am getting the error on both my original and the cloned machine. so i rem ove these from the computers in AD and then run newsid?
Thanks
So i need to run the newsid utility on each new machine that is cloned from the original do i also need to remove these computers from the AD computers?
I have found that i am getting the error on both my original and the cloned machine. so i rem ove these from the computers in AD and then run newsid?
Thanks
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Thanks for your help.