Is this Small Business Server 2003. There are some updates for both Vista
and SBS 2003 that need to be installed.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=926505
It sounds like you may have the DNS settings on the Vista client set wrong
as well. To join a domain the client has to be using an AD integrated DNS
server.
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Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
"Joseph" <Joseph@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> When attempting to join a vista machine to an established domain I receive
> the following error.
> “Your computer could not be joined to the domain because the following
> occurred:
> An attempt to resolve the DNS name of the DC in the domain being joined
> has
> failed. Please verify this client is configured to reach a DNS server that
> can resolve DNS names in the target domain.”
>
> What configuration setting is needed to allow Vista to find and join the
> domain?
>