Win2k Login failure

[Seth Ulberg]

Hello,

I have a Win2k Pro workstation that will not connect to
the network. The workstation was able to connect fine
yesterday. When anyone tries to connect to the domain, an
error message comes up stating that the Computer's account
is missing on the domain or the password is missing.

Hardware is not the problem. We tested hardware and it
checked out fine. The workstation has been working fine
under it's current configuration for more than a year.
All security patches and updates have been applied to it.

I've checked the network for a duplicate computer name and
even released/renewed the IP address.

The knowledge base did not list anything relevant to this
issue. Does anyone have an idea why this workstation
won't connect to a domain?

 

[Cody Lewis]

Sounds similar to my problem. I posted it 9 minutes
before you. Can you join a workgroup then re-join the
domain?

 

[Michael Johnston [MSFT]]

It sounds like the computer account or secure channel may be broken with the domain. Try removing this machine from the
domain, verify from all DCs that the computer name no longer appears in the list of computers accounts and add it back to the
domain. Also make sure that the DNS settings on the box do not point at any other DNS servers other than the one that is
hosting the zone for your AD.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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[Johnny]

Hi,
did either of you find a solution? I have two WIN2K Pro
machines that decided to do this this morning, two hours
after I had successfully logged onto them. I can log in
locally to the machine and browse the network fine, but no
login/password will get past the network login... "user
name not found" error.

Johnny
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