That's weird. I've tried joining a domain both ways and both worked. Were
you using the NETBIOS domain name or the FQDN? I didn't think of it until
now but I usually use mydomain.lan rather than just mydomain when joining a
domain.
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Boyd Tucker" <BoydTucker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C28A40A8-84BF-4874-AA1D-8A8DE576C114@microsoft.com...
> 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
>> >>
>> >>
>>