XP Problems in W2K domian.... does microsoft even know how to fix it??????

[Allan McMillan]

Hi

We have recently updated over 200 client machines to
windows XP from windows 2000 and have run into a lot of
problems. The main issue's evolves around the following
event ID's.
Event ID 1054
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your
computer network. (The specified domain either does not
exist or could not be contacted.). Group Policy processing
aborted.

Event ID 15
Automatic certificate enrollment for local system failed
to contact the active directory (0x8007054b). The
specified domain either does not exist or could not be
contacted.
Enrollment will not be performed.

All off the sites I check for have different answers
including reg fixes, DNS problems, Nic card stack
problems, XP service pack problems and a host of other
issues each more confusing than the last.

From the amount of hits you get when pasting these error
messages into a search engine I'm betting there's a much
bigger problem here with XP than anyone at Microsoft is
letting on. Hopefully I'm mistaken and someone knight in
shining armor from big M will come to all our rescues.

Just for your info here's a small list of what I've done
Changed Nic cards
Reinstalled XP
Tried service pack 1a
Tried a load of reg fixes
Change Xp to "wait for network connections" to represent a
2k boot (you know the syncrously asynchronously)
Looked into DNS issues (none found)

Now.... the only thing I can say for sure works is... wait
for it.... reinstalling windows 2000. All group policies
are applied with no error messages first time...........
Rules out every other problem other than the OS for
me......could someone please advice before I burn 200
copies of 2000......... Cheers

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

You might want to try this on the network_web board.

Go to the following link, then scroll the left frame to
windowsxp.network_web:
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=mscom&slcid=US

If you are unable to find a useful answer there, go to the following link
and check the list under Servers as that may lead to a better or faster
response than you'll find here. Accessibility refers to an XP feature set
and has nothing to do with networking. We do try to answer all questions on
this board but you really need help from people who specialize in what you
are doing:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx