win98 pc's can't login to WIN2K DC

[dant]

I recently replaced an NT4 PDC with a WIN2K DC. My WIN2K
Pro pc's & XP Pro pc's have no trouble logging in &
running login scripts on the new server. However, my two
WIN98 pc's can't login. I get a message indicating that
the network password is incorrect or access is denined to
Domain Controller to verify password. I have checked &
rechecked username & password so I know they are correct.
I can't login as any user on the 98 pc's. I have the 2K
DC providing DHCP, DNS & WINS. The 98 pc's get a correct
address. I can ping the server by IP adder & also by
name.I tried installing DS Client on the 98 pc's without
any luck. I've removed & reinstalled all networking
componets from the 98 pc's (clients, protocols, services)
with the same result. I've set static IP adder & WINS,
DNS ith same result. I need to resolve this issue ASAP!
Thanks for any & all help.
Dan

 

[Mark]

as it stands, you probably cant ping the server? Check
your host file. add the server name and ip address in
here.

 

[dant]

I can ping the server by address & by name so I think DNS
& WINS are working. Is there a place for a hosts fileon
WIN98?

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

On the Win98 machines make sure the properties for MS Client for Networks
lists only the NetBIOS name of your domain - ie. if your Win2k domain is
mydomain.com, the NT domain is just mydomain.

You my want to try an lmhosts file:

<IP address of DC> <NetBIOS name of DC> #PRE #DOM:<NetBIOS name of domain>

I believe hosts and lmhosts go in the WINDOWS\System directory on Win98.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Marina Roos]

Make sure the ipconfig/all from the client shows that everything is pointing
to the server-IP.
Do you have options 003, 006, 015, 044 and 046 (0x8) set in DHCP-server,
Scope options?

Marina

 

[Steven L Umbach]

You might have your Lan Manager Authentication level set too high on the domain
controllers in security options. Try setting to "send nltmv2 responses only". See two
KB articles below that may be of help. The second one covers a lot of territory, but
has a lot of good information on settings that may cause a problem. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272594
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823659

 

[Chris]

I had a similar problem, installed 2x win2k servers in my
domain, already running 3x win2k server.
9x clients and NT4.0 clients used to log on and work
fine. After installing the 2 new servers, the 9x and
NT4.0 clients would take numerous attempts to log on. If
i stopped the netlogon service on both new servers, the
clients logged on fine. Dont know if that's gonna help
but may give you diving inspiration.