Active Directory Domain Services Is Currently Not Available?

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I have tried just about everything to resolve this. Running Windows Vista
Ultimate 64 bit and this occurs anytime I try to browse for computers or
printers.

Network is set to "Private"
Network discovery "On"
File Sharing "On"
Firewall "Disabled"
LLTD "Installed"


I have read that I need to setup a DNS server, however, I never did this in
XP and never had a problem browsing for computers/hardware. What am I
missing? What services are necessary for AD?

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

Thank you John. Enabling NetBios might have been part of the problem,
however I do not know how to "give" my DNS settings to the domain's DNS
server.

I am merely running a home network. I have several computers on this
network but no central server. Only a router.

How would one go about using AD without setting up a physical server? I
miss having the ability to use shutdown among other commands that I used to
use when I was running all XP boxes.

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

No luck John. I have NetBios setup like you said. Could it possibly be a
service I shutdown? Here is a list of services I have disabled.

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

OK... so I guess MS has codes disabled on the board... A list of what is
disabled in Services.msc. Could one of these be the problem?

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll17/chicagotransam/disabled.jpg

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

The error is:

"The Active Directory Domain Services Is Currently Unavailable"


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : R****n
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-65-46-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::4c2b:7d5e:4c4c:aa54%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:46:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:46:44 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
68.**.**.130
68.**.**.130
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast
Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-38-19-49-49
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{1E22BFF9-E4B2-469C-B338-E21B460EF11E}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{F1CA3F39-327B-419B-B42E-46515E25BB03}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

Figure you might want this as well...

NetBIOS Local Name Table



Name Type Status

---------------------------------------------

R*******N <00> UNIQUE Registered

WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered

WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered

R*******N <20> UNIQUE Registered

WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered

..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Router Status:
Domain Name: hsd1.il.comcast.net.

LAN MAC: 00:E0:B8:6B:F7:3C
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP server: Enable

Wireless MAC: 00:E0:B8:6B:F7:3B
Mode: Mixed
Channel: 11
SSID: Gateway
Encryption Function: Enable-TKIP

WAN MAC: 00:E0:B8:6B:F7:3D
Configuration Type: Automatic Configuration - DHCP

IP Address: 24.**.***.58
Subnet Mask: 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway: 24.**.**.1
DNS: 68.87.72.130
68.87.77.130

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

(cricket chirps).....



Anyone?

 

[momentarylapseofreason]

One more bump for good luck?

 

[Kerry Brown]

An active directory integrated DNS server is required for Active Directory
to work properly. XP can limp along without DNS. Vista can't. You need to
setup the domain controller properly. The XP clients will work much better
and Vista will start working.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...ctory/activedirectory/stepbystep/default.mspx

 

[Aaron Ben-Avraham]

An active directory integrated DNS server is required for Active Directory
to work properly. XP can limp along without DNS. Vista can't. You need to
setup the domain controller properly. The XP clients will work much better
and Vista will start working.

Sorry Kerry, but your advise is off base:

OP> I am merely running a home network. I have several computers on this
OP> network but no central server. Only a router.

The OP is NOT in a DOMAIN. He doesn't need a Domain controller.


OP> How would one go about using AD without setting up a physical server?

You DON'T need to for a home LAN.

Momentarylapseof reason (OP) - What happens if rather than trying to use the
wireless connection, you plug directly into the router with a cable directly
to the wired ethernet adapter

ABA

 

[Aaron Ben-Avraham]

One more bump for good luck?

momentarylapseofreason,

I noticed in the image you posted that you have Windoes firewall disabled. I
may have missed it, but are you running ANOTHER firewall product (i.e.
Symantec, McAffee, etc)?

What firewall, if any, is running on your other machines?

Can you ping any of the machines by IP address (assuming either ICMP is
allowed in your firewall, or firewall is disabled on the machines for
testing)?

ABA

 

[Aaron Ben-Avraham]

"momentarylapseofreason"

wrote in message news:[email protected]...

momentarylapseofreason,

I noticed in the image you posted that you have Windoes firewall disabled.

I

Sorry everyone - "Winodes" as typed above was a TYPO - just wanted to
clarify that this was NOT an atempt to "dis" Windows - I just can't type
worth a crap! ;-)!!!

ABA