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Old 04-25-2007   #1 (permalink)
Scott


 
 

Unable to join a domain with a Vista PC

When I attempt to add a domain to my Vista PC I get a pop up error box
ComputerName/Domain Change
The following error occurred attempting to join a domain.
An attempt to resolve the dns name of the DC in the domain being joined has
failed. Please verify the client is configured to reach a DNS server that
can resolve DNS names in the target domain.
This is working fine if I do it from a Windows XP Machine

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Old 04-25-2007   #2 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper


 
 

Re: Unable to join a domain with a Vista PC

Check the DNS settings for networking on the Vista PC - the error message is
pretty much self explanatory. Any PC joining a domain in Active Directory
must be set up to use only the domain DNS servers to resolve names, not ISP
DNS servers or any others.

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"Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I attempt to add a domain to my Vista PC I get a pop up error box
> ComputerName/Domain Change
> The following error occurred attempting to join a domain.
> An attempt to resolve the dns name of the DC in the domain being joined
> has
> failed. Please verify the client is configured to reach a DNS server that
> can resolve DNS names in the target domain.
> This is working fine if I do it from a Windows XP Machine



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