I'm a relative newbie to active directory, so bear with me. I have windsows server 2008 R2 x64 installed on two machines. I made one an AD controller without issue. I joined the second machine to the domain without issue. I can rdp to the ad server using the domain credentials, however, using the exact same credentials on the member server, I get a login refused. I'm sure this is simple, but does someone know what switch I am supposed to flip?

One other point is that I can log into the console without issue. Its just RDP that is not working.

For closure, I finally found my answer. Unfortunately, I have to start over again. This was precisely my situation: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsserver2008r2rds/thread/afe39595-148d-4ab7-b283-543af749f6f4/

Hi, Thanks for your update. It is suggested to use the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool prepares an installation of Windows for duplication. It enables you to capture a customized Windows image that you can reuse in a same domain. For more information, please refer to the following articles: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302577 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799240(WS.10).aspx Hope this helps. Regards, Bruce Forum Support Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.