You have to figure out what is different on that PC from the other Vista
business computer that joined the domain OK. My guess would be a third party
firewall. Note that some AV apps disable the Windows firewall and substitute
their own. As far as I know there are no different requirements on the
server to join Vista to a domain. Use nslookup to confirm that DNS is
working. Failure to join a domain is almost always a DNS problem somewhere.
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Boyd Tucker" <BoydTucker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5F8AFB3E-3D01-4F17-8B7B-44AA0B86B629@microsoft.com...
> Server 2003 DC hosts the DHCP server and it's scope options provide the
> setup
> of DNS/WINS to all clients, so the dns/wins/gw... were all the same
> IPConfig
> /all did confirm this. Interesting that the "looking for credentials" PC
> is
> not able to see computers on the domain but setting up a network location
> was
> no problem. all names were resolved without hesitation. this say to me
> that
> either dns or Wins is working just fine.
>
> Is there any possibility that Vista uses a different technique than XP to
> join DC hence requiring more on Server 2003?
> --
> --Boyd
>
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> "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
>>
>>