"Boyd Tucker" <BoydTucker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A147425-45FE-4794-9B01-83063908820E@microsoft.com...
> I've got this pain in the butt notebook that came with Vista Business and
> when I tried to join an active domain it got hung up while "looking for
> credentials" i.e. in preparation for the prompt for the server username
> and
> passowrd to join a domain.
>
> I left that probelm to move on to join other PC's and the next one was
> another Vista Business notebook and guess what ... not a problem. I went
> on
> to join other XPP PCs as well.
>
> So the problem isn't the server/network/firewall/etc if evrything but one
> PC
> works??? I have compare the problem Vista to another Vista to see if
> there's
> some config issue but all seem to be the same.... except the problem PC is
> a
> new PC with Vista Business OEM with Office 2007 trial pre-loaded. And
> Office
> 2007 stuff was removed. The other "working" Vista PCs were fresh install
> of
> Vista Business.
>
> Anyone with an idea?
>
> Thanks
> --Boyd
Check the DNS settings. Compare ipconfig /all from a computer that worked to
the one that didn't. When joining a domain the only DNS server in the TCP/IP
properties should be a Domain Controller on the Domain being joined.
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca