Logging into the correct DC

[Steven S. Whitlow]

I ask this question early in the week and was given
the "SETPRFDC" command to try and below is the error I
get. Any Ideas? Thanks

C:\>SETPRFDC AS ASDC1
Cannot set trusted DC to '\\USDC1' it
is '\\asdc1.as.abc.ads':
NO_ERROR
Failed to set the DC.

How can you force a workstation to always use a certian
DC? We have a user that keeps logging in and the domain
that it shows is not local. If the use reboots the they
will get a local DC, this only happens in the morning
time when logon traffic is the greatest. Can this be
done through a GPO, if so what article?

Thanks

 

[BrianK]

What is the client OS?
Is the client already using ASDC1 as it's DC?
Also, try other solution as outlined in this article.
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q181/1/71.ASP&NoWebContent=1

And again..no you cannot select which DC is used via Group Policy.
HTH,
BrianK

 

[Steve]

Windows 2000 network, and your artical is NT?

-----Original Message-----
What is the client OS?
Is the client already using ASDC1 as it's DC?
Also, try other solution as outlined in this article.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q
181/1/71.ASP&NoWebContent=1

And again..no you cannot select which DC is used via Group Policy.
HTH,
BrianK




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[BrianK]

So the client is W2000? And you have W2000 DCs? Are you using Sites? If
so, is the local DC to the client in DNS and in the correct site in DNS?
As far as the article, it points out other ways that work even for W2000
clients.

HTH,
BrianK