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Intermittent ability to log into Active directoy domain from xp client

I am having intermittent login issues with multiple windows xp clients on a Server 2008 Small business domain. When I log in it acts a if the username and password is bad. Most of the time when I reboot the client and log in it will let me back in. It gives me an error saying that the username and password is invalid. These are windows xp clients SP2 and server 2008 small business edition.

flyin2

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The error message is
The system could not log you on. Make sure the User name and domain are correct then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed using the correct case.

We are sure that the password is typed correctly.

Cris Hanna

Have you run the SBS 2008 BPA? If not, that this the first place to start and fix everything it finds

markdmac

Make sure that your clients are only set to use the SBS server for DNS and not your ISP DNS. The DNS server on SBS should be configured for Root Hints and not use Forwarders. DHCP should also be configured on the SBS and not on your firewall. Make sure the DHCP scope options are set to only give out the SBS server for DNS.

akashguptaad

Login into the windows XP with sp2 and check following things:
(1)TCP /IP helper service is started
(2)DNS service is Started
(3)Netlogon service is started.
(4)Check the prefferred DNS and alternate DNS
(5)if your domain name is abc.com then run the command "ping -a abc.com" and reply will come from Domain controller
(6)run the command ''nsllokup abc.com"
Still you are facing the issue then enable the NETLOGON logging (use KB 109626) and once the issue reoccur then check this log

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flyin2

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