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I'm having a strange problems logging onto a domain. The basic layout of our
network is as follows: a Windows 2000 Server running active directory, two
domain controlers, and 15 workstations running XP Pro and accessing a network
share on the server. I just came on with the company so I wasn't there for
the setup of the 2k Server, and I've never worked with Win2kS before.
Everything on the network was working fine until a power outage yesterday
which took down the server and several workstations (why their previous tech
didn't put the server on an UPS I don't know). When the server came back
online I had to reauthenticate the DNS server and after that everything
seemed OK until one of the workstations was restarted and couldn't login to
the domain. When the user tried to login from the workstation it gave him a
message saying username does not exist on the domain or something similar.
Now, when I login with the user's name and password from another workstation
it works fine, no errors and full network connectivity. Sometimes I can
login from the problem workstation but can't access any of the shares (I
assume this has something to do with cached credentials?)-- however I
discovered that if I turn off the workstation and turn it back on it is able
to login and access all network shares but when I restart it, it starts
giving me the same error message when I try and connect to the share drive.
I'm thinking maybe this is related to a duplicate DNS entry or Active
Directory problem of some kind? I've tried fiddling with the user
permissions on the workstation and on the server, I tried switching to a
workgroup and then rejoining the domain, tried changing the workstation's
name and creating a new entry for the new name in the Win2k Server's active
directory... none of this has worked.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
network is as follows: a Windows 2000 Server running active directory, two
domain controlers, and 15 workstations running XP Pro and accessing a network
share on the server. I just came on with the company so I wasn't there for
the setup of the 2k Server, and I've never worked with Win2kS before.
Everything on the network was working fine until a power outage yesterday
which took down the server and several workstations (why their previous tech
didn't put the server on an UPS I don't know). When the server came back
online I had to reauthenticate the DNS server and after that everything
seemed OK until one of the workstations was restarted and couldn't login to
the domain. When the user tried to login from the workstation it gave him a
message saying username does not exist on the domain or something similar.
Now, when I login with the user's name and password from another workstation
it works fine, no errors and full network connectivity. Sometimes I can
login from the problem workstation but can't access any of the shares (I
assume this has something to do with cached credentials?)-- however I
discovered that if I turn off the workstation and turn it back on it is able
to login and access all network shares but when I restart it, it starts
giving me the same error message when I try and connect to the share drive.
I'm thinking maybe this is related to a duplicate DNS entry or Active
Directory problem of some kind? I've tried fiddling with the user
permissions on the workstation and on the server, I tried switching to a
workgroup and then rejoining the domain, tried changing the workstation's
name and creating a new entry for the new name in the Win2k Server's active
directory... none of this has worked.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.