Unable to access AD admin tools

[Guest]

I have a small network with a signle 2003 server running all services. AD,
DNS, DHCP, File/Print, as well as Websense and SQL. After installing some
some software I can no longer access any of the active directory
administration tools. When I try to run "users and computers" I get an error
that says "Naming information cannot be located becuase login attempt failed.
Contact administrator to make sure AD is configured and running" I'm logged
in as Administrator on the only DC on the network.

Any ideas why I can't get into the admin tools? I get essentally the same
message with any of the AD tools, but the Admin account seems to work just
fine for any other task.

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Patrick,

To what Domain Controller is it trying to connect?

What happens if you run dcdiag and netdiag?

Is DNS set up and configured properly?

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Cary W. Shultz
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Microsoft Active Directory MVP

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