"JCB" <JCB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
Do you have a WINS server in the domain? Is the VPN connection set to use a
DC on the domain for DNS and to use the WINS server for the domain? Is
NETBIOS enabled on the VPN connection? When trying to join the domain are
you using the NETBIOS name of the domain or the full name?
--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca