PDC cannot register to dns

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Help.

When I do a IPCONFIG /REGISTERDNS from my PDC,
I get the following:

Error: The system cannot find the file specified.
: Refreshing DNS names

What "specified" file is this? How can I get the
name?

Thanks.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Help.

When I do a IPCONFIG /REGISTERDNS from my PDC,
I get the following:

Error: The system cannot find the file specified.

What "specified" file is this? How can I get the
name?

Thanks.

Check to make sure that the DHCP Client Service is started. That is a
required service for resolution and registration, despite the name of
it,whether static or automatically assigned.

Also make sure all AD machines ONLY use the internal DNS server in their IP
properties and configure a forwarder for more efficient internet resolution.

If that doesn't help, please post an unedited ipconfig /all of the DC in
question to better assist.

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[Joe Richards [MVP]]

I agree with Ace, this is a pretty common error when the DHCP Client service is
stopped.

You end up registering the domain specific SRV records but not the host machine
host record which makes the SRV records pretty worthless unless you staticly
register the host records (which is perfectly acceptable, I have done this in
larger companies).

joe


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[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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I agree with Ace, this is a pretty common error when the DHCP Client
service is stopped.

You end up registering the domain specific SRV records but not the
host machine host record which makes the SRV records pretty worthless
unless you staticly register the host records (which is perfectly
acceptable, I have done this in larger companies).

joe

Classic issue with an easy fix!

Ace