Post the results of ipconfig /all from the Vista pc and from a DC with DNS
running on it.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Ecopoxy" <Ecopoxy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A63E5714-B829-48B7-9449-7B8EFC3C7AFE@microsoft.com...
> We have a WIN2K3 AD Domain running great with XP Pro clients. We have
> just
> performed a clean install of Vista Business onto a machine to evaluate
> before
> deployment.
>
> When we try to join the Vista machine to the domain we get an error
> stating
> that an Active Directory Domain Controller can not be contacted. An
> nslookup
> query from the Vista machine for the domain returns the correct ip address
> for the DC.
>
> What is interesting to note is that the Vista machine see's the other
> domain
> computers, but interprets them as bing in a workgroup with the same name
> as
> the domain.
>
> IPv6 has been disabled and Netbios over TCP/IP is enabled. ISA server has
> been shutdown and Vista firewall disabled.
>
> Any suggestions welcome...