The root problem is that Vista is doing a DNS lookup to find the DC, and
it's coming back with the name server.local, but is failing to resolve that.
Make sure the server is registering itself with DNS (or you could hard-code
it, if it has a static IP), so that server.local resolves to its IP.
"Bruce D" <BruceD@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:35C251F4-CFE4-4E74-9339-F3F94E912806@microsoft.com...
> Sorry Robert, I forgot to mention that WINS *is* enabled - although the
> Vista
> machine is not listed in the WINS database.
>
> Is there anything I can do to join this machine to the "single-label"
> domain, short of re-creating the domain? (which would really, REALLY
> suck.)
>
> -Bruce D
>
>
> "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:
>
>> It is not recommended to use Single-label DNS name as domain name. In
>> this case, you may enable WINS so that the Vista may be able to join the
>> domain.
>>
>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>> "Bruce D" <BruceD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B795C423-272F-4C69-8148-468DE88AF801@microsoft.com...
>> Hello! I am trying to connect a brand new Windows Vista Business
>> machine to a
>> Windows 2000 domain whose name is - I kid you not - local. It's not
>> local.local, and it's not <companyname>.local, it's just local, so the
>> server
>> name is server.local. There's only the one server on the network.
>>
>> When I try to join the machine to the domain, I get the following
>> error:
>>
>> "An Active Directory Domain Controller for the domain local could not
>> be
>> contacted"
>>
>> Details of the message are as follows:
>>
>> "The domain name local might be a NetBIOS domain name. If this is the
>> case,
>> verify that the domain name is properly registered with WINS.
>>
>> If you are certain that the name is not a NetBIOS domain name, then the
>> following information can help you troubleshoot your DNS configuration.
>>
>> DNS was successfully queried for the service location (SRV) resource
>> record
>> used to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller for domain local:
>>
>> The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.local
>>
>> The following AD DCs were identified by the query:
>>
>> server.local
>>
>> Common causes of this error include:
>>
>> - Host (A) records that map the name of the AD DCs to its IP addresses
>> are
>> missing or contain incorrect addresses.
>>
>> - Active Directory Domain Controllers registered in DNS are not
>> connected to
>> the network or are not running.
>>
>> For information about correcting this problem, click Help."
>>
>> Nslookup works just fine; all lookups (both locally and on the
>> Internet) are
>> accurate.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> -Bruce D