Hi, My servers where working perfectly until I had to change the network card on the server I am currently having problems due to a unexpected powersurge inside the network. My main problem is that I can't access my shared folders through My Network Places. I get: \\<Server> is not accessible. You might not have permission to access this Network Resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permisions. The remote procedure call failed. This happens only to my DC Server every other computer can access each other except this server. The odd thing is that I CAN do the following things: -Still works as a DNS server. -Domain Controller works fine. -I was able to access another server mapping the folder with netuse. -They do appear in the Network. Things i CAN"T Do: -Access through my Network places any other computer. -Can't ping any other server. Not even Gateway. -Other servers can't ping troublesome server, but can ping amongst them. Even though I can access through mapped drives it is extremely slow and it is a small network of 3 servers. I do not have any firewalls installed they are all running windows server 2003 and they are all up to date. Any help would be extremely appreciated. Thanks, ShekerKa

Hello, for your DC, make sure that it points to its private IP address as primary DNS server. Once done, run ipconfig /registerdns and restart netlogon on it. Also, make sure that client computers are pointing to this DC as primary DNS server. For ping requests, make sure that there is no firewall that is blocking ICMP traffic. Also, make sure that you have no firewall / security software that is bloking traffic between your DC and client computers. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator

I'm sorry but how do I "for your DC, make sure that it points to its private IP address as primary DNS server." It's been a while since I configure a DC.

Please run ipconfig /all > ipconfig.txt and post the content of ipconfig.txt file. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner 2010 / 2011 Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator

Mr X, Thanks for all the help but I found the problem. Basically I was getting mixed signals from my network because due to the power surge that made me change ethernet cards it also blew out part of the PCI slot so that's why I could and couldn't do some things that confirm a normal hardware and software connection. Thanks for all the advice. ShekerKa