given this is a new pc with not much on it but the os i decided to replace
everything with a fresh vista install. so the pc has nothing but vista on it
right now. i tried the domain join via system
properties/computername/change... and that again gave me the looking for
credential. cancellin this after 5 mins hangs the system properties task and
task manager has to be used to kill it. i then tried system
properties/computername/network id wizard. This worked well (with extra
steps over how its works in XP... Vista annoyance).
So as it stands, the "Change..." doesn't work in Vista but "Network Id" does.
onwards...
thanks for input
--Boyd
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >>
>