Connecting to a domain

[RR2]

I have Windows Vista Business edition on a new computer that I'm trying to
connect to an existing domain. It's giving me nothing but grief.

I've setup an account on the machine as a local administrator for the
machine. The username and password are the same as a username and password
on the domain.

when I enter the domain name, I get the Windows Security window asking my
username and password.
Entered.

It responds with "Logon failure: unknown username or bad password". I've
tried various combinations of "domainname\username", "domainname/username"
(mostly because I can never remember which way the slash goes),
"administrator" for username, and even created a new user on the domain with
admin rights. Nothing works.

The network (in the Vista machine) is setup for a private network, with
network discovery on, file sharing on, purlic folder sharing on and password
protected sharing off.

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much hair left, but I'm about to pull
that out too.

Several weeks ago, I sucessfully connected my laptop with Vista Ultimate
with no problem at all.

 

[Gloria Boyer [MSFT]]

Hi there. Can you go to Start > right-click Computer > Properties > Change
settings > Network ID > and then follow the prompts?

Thanks,
Gloria

 

[RR2]

Yes, that's the way I tried it, but it never liked the logins I was using.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Check the Event Viewer in DC for any errors and post back with the Event ID and details.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Yes, that's the way I tried it, but it never liked the logins I was using.

 

[RR2]

This morning, I managed to get it working right with no problem, but by
doing the same things I did yesterday.
1. created a new name for the computer.
2. added that computer to the domain via the server (NT-4)
3. told Vista to join the domain
4. BINGO, it worked, just like it was supposed to.

Yesterday, I did those same steps and it wouldn't work. Go figure.


Check the Event Viewer in DC for any errors and post back with the Event ID
and details.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Yes, that's the way I tried it, but it never liked the logins I was using.