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> I have built a virtual machine (Window XP). I have no trouble logging
> in using my domain account for the first few days. Now I could not
> login, with the error message: "Windows cannot connect to the domain,
> either because the domain controller is down or unavailable or because
> your computer account cannot be found etc". If I type in a wrong
> password, I got "The system could log you on. Make sure your user name
> and password is correct etc". This, to me, means that I am talking to
> the domain controller and the controller is up and yet my account is
> not accepted with the associated Virtual PC. If I login using a local
> account. I can see my domain account as a member of the administrator
> but it is all in numbers, like S-1-5-21-21134...... If I remove this
> account and add my account again, the computer accept and retrieve my
> account info, but upon saving, my account is turned to a whole bunch
> of number again and I don't think the machine is binded to the domain.
>
> Any idea what happens? Thanks.
Windows Servers sometimes have problems joining domains if the server is already part of a domain and all you want to do is change the name of the server. It will give you a message that the user name is not found. The best way to change the name of the server (that is part of a domain) is log in locally as administrator and change the server to a workgroup. Reboot. Then log in locally again and change the server to the domain with the name you want. This will work. If that doesnt work, then check to see if the server can ping the domain controller and that the dns address is correct.
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