On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:35:55 -0500, "Sterling Duncan"
<s.duncan@newsgroup> wrote:
>I have trust relationship issues in rejoining an XP pro client back to the
>SBS 2003 domain. Don't really know how the client became unjoined from the
>domain but it is. I have tried all I know to do, but either I get a network
>error (non specific) or trust relationship error.
>
>When I use the http://sbsservername/ConnectComputer from IE 8.0, I am unable
>to execute the wizard however when I do the
>https://sbsservername/ConnectComputer the wizard launches as normal but the
>end result is the workstation does not join the domain. Help.... Thanks!
Why not justaadd it the manual way? Control Panel > System > Computer
name. Stick it in a workgroup and reboot. Then put it in the domain.
I manage nearly a dozen SBS2003 and R2 networks, with roughly 200
computers. And I've not used the ConnectComputer tool for any of them.
Sure, no doubt it's the preferred way. But you won't go wrong doing it
manually. Just remember to move the computer into the correct OU.
HTH,
Jim