Mark Williams said:
When I log on to server domain on the workstation using admin rights, I
don't have admin right locally. What I think is missing, Admin Property
window I don't have any domain\usernames showing - How do I get these
When a machine joins a domain, Domain Admin group
is automatically inserted into Local Admins group.
If this does not work, then try this:
Try to share a folder.
Then go to the permissions tab, and see what you can choose.
Can you choose domain users, or just local ones?
If you can only choose local ones, then there's a problem with
the connection to the DomainController, and this usually
indicates a DNS problem.
Go to a command prompt, and try the following:
ping <IP address of domain controller>
eg: ping 192.168.0.200
ping <name of domain controller>
eg: ping bigdogdc01
ping <FQDN of domain controller>
eg: ping bigdogdc01.yourdomain.com
The last one is cruicial.
can you ping the DC by a fully qualified dot-seperated name?
You need to be able to.
If you can't, here's my usual lecture on setting up DNS...
XP differs from previous versions of windows in that it uses
DNS as it's primary name resolution method for finding domain
controllers:
How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314861
If DNS is misconfigured, XP will spend a lot of time waiting for it to
timeout before it tries using legacy NT4 sytle NetBIOS.
( Which may or may not work. )
1) Ensure that the XP clients are all configured to point to the local
DNS server which hosts the AD domain. That will probably be the
win2k server itself.
They should NOT be pointing an an ISP's DNS server.
An 'ipconfig /all' on the XP box should reveal ONLY the domain's
DNS server.
( you should use the DHCP server to push out the local DNS server
address. )
2) Ensure DNS server on win2k is configured to permit dynamic updates.
3) Ensure the win2k server points to itself as a DNS server.
4) For external ( internet ) name resolution, specify your ISP's DNS server
not on the clients, but in the 'forwarders' tab of the local win2k DNS
server.
On the DNS server, if you cannot access the 'Forwarders' and 'Root Hints'
tabs because they are greyed out, that is because there is a root zone (".")
present on the DNS server. You MUST delete this root zone to permit the
server to forward unresolved queries to yout ISP or the root servers:
HOWTO: Remove the Root Zone (Dot Zone)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=298148
The following articles may assist you in setting up DNS correctly:
Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675
HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202