"mpancha" <mpancha@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F898ECD7-C402-4AAB-967B-76814A330EC2@xxxxxx
Quote:
> at work we're still using a Windows 2000 server as our DC. We have rolled
> out our first Vista laptop, and we're having trouble getting it to join
> the
> domain.
>
> When I try adding the computer to the domain I get the following error:
> "The
> format for the specified network name is invalid".
>
> I am typing in the domain name correctly, and the computer name is simply
> the user's last name.
>
> Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Is your DNS server's IP the same as your Win 2K machine's? If not,
try that. It worked for us.
Tom Lake