Access Denied to add wkstation to a domain.

[Guest]

Hi,

When I try to add an XP workstation to a Server2003 domain I get an error
"the following error occured attempting to the domain. Access is denied"

This doesn't make sense to me because I'm using the proper domain admin
password to add the wrkstation to the domain. I checked out the Event Viewer
log and got the following:

Privileged object operation:
Object Server: EventLog
Object Handle: 14682248
Process ID: 688
Primary User Name: BACKUP02$
Primary Domain: FIFTHLIGHT
Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x3E7)
Client User Name: Administrator
Client Domain: BACKUP02
Client Logon ID: (0x0,0xF4C3)
Privileges: SeSecurityPrivilege

What do you suppose the problem is??? Please advise. thanks!

 

[Steven L Umbach]

You need to enter the credentials for a domain administrator such as a
member of the domain admins group or a user that has been delegated the task
to add workstations to the domain which means the user would need the create
computer objects permission for the domain. Regular domain users can add
ten workstations to the domain and after that they can not any more. Also
make sure that the DNS is configured correctly on the computer you are
trying to join to the domain as the computer's preferred DNS servers as
shown via Ipconfig /all can be only domain controllers for the domain. ---
Steve