PCs Not Registering in DNS

[Jeremy]

I have a few computers with Windows XP running apps that don't required full
blown server.

- They all have static IP addresses configured
- They all have multiple DNS servers configured
- Each DNS server on our network is also a Domain controller, running Active
Directory integraded zones and are configured properly for forward and
reverse lookups.
- The Windows XP installs are very clean, simply Windows, the app(s) and
antivirus. Almost no human interaction.

After they are running for a period of a few months, the DNS records
disappear. I'm assuming they become stale and are scavenged. We then loose
all functionality requiring access to the computer by name, which is pretty
much all functionality.

I can log in via IP and type 'ipconfig /registerdns', and that gets things
rolling again. I want to know if there is a setting in Windows XP to
refresh its DNS records on a regular basis so I'm not forced to do it
manually.

This of course in not an issue on our Windows 2003 member servers configured
identically.

Thanks

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jeremy,

Copy what is listed below into notepad and save as flushdns.cmd with quotes
as in:

"flushdns.cmd" and place into All Users/Startup Folder

Modify as needed:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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[Jeremy]

I've already thought about a scheduling a .cmd to run at regular intervals.
These computers are left logged in "24x7xuntil it dies" so a Startup Program
wouldn't do it (when I say log in remotely, it's via a pc-anywhere type
app). Release / Renew wouldn't work because I use static IP addresses.

I was actually hoping for a solution to force XP to manage its DNS records
like a Windows Server, but I guess that's not possible? If that is not
possible, I will schedule a job to refresh the records.

Thanks for the response