Sound like name resolution issue. Can you ping the DC by using FQDN?
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"JCB" <JCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0CB5CD74-516F-4F04-8962-E42341E8C596@microsoft.com...
In the past I have successfully performed domain joins/disjoins over a PPTP
VPN connection for WinXP. I have been unsuccessful in joining a Vista
Ultimate machine to the same domain. I receive an error informing me that
the format of the domain name I am using is incorrect (the domain name is an
unregistered private one of the form: companyname.llc, reflecting the LLC
status of my company). I don't know if this is the source of the problem or
not, but I also cannot reach network shares either.
Even though I can establish the VPN connection from the Vista machine and
establish RDP connections to remote hosts, I cannot access network resources
via UNC paths - the error indicates the network path cannot be found - could
this underlying problem also be the reason I cannot join the machine to the
domain?
Is there some inherent security in the Vista OS that I need to configure to
permit the resolution of UNC paths and join the machine to the domain?
Thanks for any solutions you may offer.
J
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