Joining a domain

[Guest]

We have a couple of PC's that when trying to join another domain, it prompts
us for the username and password and enter the Administrator user account and
password and it gives an Access is Denied. When we rebuild a PC and join the
domain it works fine. Does anyone know what might be causing this issue???
We have even disjoined it from the previous domain and put it in a workgroup
and it still won't join the domain.

 

[Chuck]

We have a couple of PC's that when trying to join another domain, it prompts
us for the username and password and enter the Administrator user account and
password and it gives an Access is Denied. When we rebuild a PC and join the
domain it works fine. Does anyone know what might be causing this issue???
We have even disjoined it from the previous domain and put it in a workgroup
and it still won't join the domain.

Henry,

What's the complete and exact "access denied" message?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/look-at-complete-detail-in-error.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/look-at-complete-detail-in-error.html

How are the problem computers setup? We are talking Windows XP?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html

 

[Guest]

The following error occurred attempting to join domain "our domain name"

Access is Denied

 

[Chuck]

The following error occurred attempting to join domain "our domain name"

Access is Denied

Sounds like an authentication error - can't find the domain controller.

Read the last article.

 

[Guest]

Firstly, make sure it can see the server. Ping it by IP address, then by
name. If the latter fails you have a name-resolution problem, which might be
DNS-related.

Also check if any special "Internet Security" packages are on the machine.

Had a case yesterday where a laptop simply wouldn't log-on to the server
despite everything else being correct, and the cause turned-out to be Norton
Internet Security, which had been foisted onto it by the supplier. Removing
this, reinstating the Windows Firewall and installing a decent AV package
cured the problems.