"Breakingcustom" <Breakingcustom.379l21@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> I'm currently trying to connect my laptop which has Vista Business
> 32-bit to my Poweredge T105 which is running Server 2003 RC2. I get
> this error when running Network ID:
>
> "Your computer could not be joined to the domain because the following
> error occured:
> An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a 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."
>
> The domain name I'm using is a live domain and worked fine when I
> connected my XP desktop to it. Not sure why it won't connect. Although
> it is on a different network (name) it can see the shared folder on the
> server.
>
> Any ideas?
>
That is usually caused by exactly what the error message says, a problem
with DNS. Can you post the results of IPCONFIG /ALL from the Vista computer
and the domain controller? This will tell us if it's a DNS problem. It could
also be a firewall problem.
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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/