Vista - Unable to Join Windows 2000 Domain

I've disabled the firewall, set the network to private, added the domain
controllers as dns servers, enabled netbios over tcp/ip . Still I get network
path not found. This is on a production, working Win2000 domain, and other
Beta2's have joined ok.

Tried different nics as well. Machine is a Latitude D810. Vista Business
Beta 2.

Any thoughts ?

Have you tried connecting to another machine via IP address instead of
computer name?
So instead of \\2000computer it'll be something like \\192.168.1.2 ?

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"Chrisksu" <Chrisksu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77134978-FC25-4C34-A9D2-8658F843647A@microsoft.com...
> I've disabled the firewall, set the network to private, added the domain
> controllers as dns servers, enabled netbios over tcp/ip . Still I get
> network
> path not found. This is on a production, working Win2000 domain, and other
> Beta2's have joined ok.
>
> Tried different nics as well. Machine is a Latitude D810. Vista Business
> Beta 2.
>
> Any thoughts ?

Sounds like a bug to me.
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"Chrisksu" <Chrisksu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77134978-FC25-4C34-A9D2-8658F843647A@microsoft.com...
> I've disabled the firewall, set the network to private, added the domain
> controllers as dns servers, enabled netbios over tcp/ip . Still I get
> network
> path not found. This is on a production, working Win2000 domain, and other
> Beta2's have joined ok.
>
> Tried different nics as well. Machine is a Latitude D810. Vista Business
> Beta 2.
>
> Any thoughts ?

Can you try pinging the machine to check if it is accessible ?
Are the other Beta2 running the same Business Sku ?
Can you get a network capture ?

"Chrisksu" <Chrisksu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:77134978-FC25-4C34-A9D2-8658F843647A@microsoft.com...
> I've disabled the firewall, set the network to private, added the domain
> controllers as dns servers, enabled netbios over tcp/ip . Still I get
> network
> path not found. This is on a production, working Win2000 domain, and other
> Beta2's have joined ok.
>
> Tried different nics as well. Machine is a Latitude D810. Vista Business
> Beta 2.
>
> Any thoughts ?

Can ping all of the domain controllers fine.
Other Beta2's are Ultimate or Business.

Here's some snippets of NetSetup.log, with the names changed to protect the
innocent.
06/01/2006 09:28:15:555 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'ourdomain' is
valid as type 3 name
06/01/2006 09:28:15:662 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for
'ourdomain' returned 0x0
06/01/2006 09:28:15:662 NetpValidateName: name 'ourdomain' is valid for type 3
06/01/2006 09:28:15:663 NetpDsGetDcName: trying to find DC in domain
'ourdomain', flags: 0x100000
06/01/2006 09:28:15:766 NetpDsGetDcName: found DC '\\oneofourourdc' in the
specified domain
06/01/2006 09:28:15:767 NetUseAdd to \\oneofourourdc\IPC$ returned 53
06/01/2006 09:28:15:767 NetpJoinDomain: status of connecting to dc
'\\oneofourourdc': 0x35
06/01/2006 09:28:15:767 NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x35


"Prashanth Prahalad [MSFT]" wrote:

>
> Can you try pinging the machine to check if it is accessible ?
> Are the other Beta2 running the same Business Sku ?
> Can you get a network capture ?
>
> "Chrisksu" <Chrisksu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:77134978-FC25-4C34-A9D2-8658F843647A@microsoft.com...
> > I've disabled the firewall, set the network to private, added the domain
> > controllers as dns servers, enabled netbios over tcp/ip . Still I get
> > network
> > path not found. This is on a production, working Win2000 domain, and other
> > Beta2's have joined ok.
> >
> > Tried different nics as well. Machine is a Latitude D810. Vista Business
> > Beta 2.
> >
> > Any thoughts ?
>
>
>

Can you try
(1) 'net stop policyagent' from a elevated prompt and then try joining a
domain.
OR (2) gpupdate /force and then try joining the domain.

If that doesnt work, network capture (with netmon or ethereal) would be the
useful for debugging.

"Chrisksu" <Chrisksu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:714D4E6F-5E74-4C02-B622-12D796E57459@microsoft.com...
> Can ping all of the domain controllers fine.
> Other Beta2's are Ultimate or Business.
>
> Here's some snippets of NetSetup.log, with the names changed to protect
> the
> innocent.
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:555 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'ourdomain'
> is
> valid as type 3 name
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:662 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for
> 'ourdomain' returned 0x0
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:662 NetpValidateName: name 'ourdomain' is valid for
> type 3
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:663 NetpDsGetDcName: trying to find DC in domain
> 'ourdomain', flags: 0x100000
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:766 NetpDsGetDcName: found DC '\\oneofourourdc' in the
> specified domain
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:767 NetUseAdd to \\oneofourourdc\IPC$ returned 53
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:767 NetpJoinDomain: status of connecting to dc
> '\\oneofourourdc': 0x35
> 06/01/2006 09:28:15:767 NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x35
>
>
> "Prashanth Prahalad [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Can you try pinging the machine to check if it is accessible ?
>> Are the other Beta2 running the same Business Sku ?
>> Can you get a network capture ?
>>
>> "Chrisksu" <Chrisksu@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:77134978-FC25-4C34-A9D2-8658F843647A@microsoft.com...
>> > I've disabled the firewall, set the network to private, added the
>> > domain
>> > controllers as dns servers, enabled netbios over tcp/ip . Still I get
>> > network
>> > path not found. This is on a production, working Win2000 domain, and
>> > other
>> > Beta2's have joined ok.
>> >
>> > Tried different nics as well. Machine is a Latitude D810. Vista
>> > Business
>> > Beta 2.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts ?
>>
>>
>>

Chrisksu I have the same problem!

Or better, I joined the domain from the My Computer Properties...Vista asked
me the domain, asked me an user that could confirm the join and finally
answered back with a nice "Welcome to the BPR domain" ..and made me restart.

After restart, from the "classic" log on I get the CTRL-ALT-CANC logon (as
in XP) and under the field userid and password it reported as standard domain
"BPR" (that's good).

I tryed to insert userid a password and the answer back is always:
The Network Path was not found

So I switch to the Local User, and tryed again to join the menu' from the My
computer, etc.. and all workd fine...Vista can find the domain "BPR" and
"welcomed" me ...but after restart always the same answer.

I tryed different users other mine.

My user is an Administrator User...I tryed with a "normal user" but nothing
change.

Of course when I'm in as a Local user and try to connect to the other PC
that are in the domain, and vista ask me for a user id a psw, I put my
credential (stored in BPR) and I can access all the PC in the network...

Any ideas?
Luca