Hi guys, For some weird reason, i cannot connect to my Domain controller when i go to start - run - \\servername. first of all, we are talking about a lab enviroment here. The lab contains the following: 2 DC'S 2008 R2. 1 SCCM SERVER - 2008 R2 1 SCOM SERVER - 2008 R2 2 XP MACHINES. 1 WINDOWS SEVEN PRO MACHINE. This is all running on vmware workstation 8. There were no updates to the servers, and i all i can say, the problem has been going on for at least 2 weeks. the weird thing, is that when i try to explore the problematic Domain controller from other server or clients, i'm trying various things, such as... \\server name. \\servername.domainname.local \\ipaddress. Nothing works, and when i run nslookup on the servers and clients, and try to resolve the problematic DC, it's there, every machine can see it. I double check that in the network properties the "File and print sharing" are marked (why on earth would someone remove that). I restarted the server, no result. I checked the Event viewer - nothing special there... Btw, just for the record, in the NIC properties, the IPV6 is not marked on the DC's at all (thought maybe it would be helpfull). I checked the replication on the both DC's and the results are great (i'm running the commands: Repadmin /showrepl and all the tests shows successful results). So, here i am, asking you the experts....WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. Please advise... Best regards, Nahum. Israel.

Hello, Since you are using the IP address and nothing is working then it should not be a name resolution issue. First of all, having IPv6 as disabled is not supported by Microsoft. So, please enable it. Anyway, do you any security software running? If yes, disable them temporary. Disable also the internal firewall. Once done, check results again. 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 Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer

Hi Mr X... I've disabled my firewalls on both servers, also i disabled the anti virus i had on the servers (it's microsoft security essentials). When i run the diagnostics on the pronlematic DC, i can see in the network diagonstics that i'm getting an error and i quote: The remote device or resource won't accept the connection. "The device or resource (servername) is not setup to accept connections on port The File and printer sharing (SMB)" Any ideas please, how do take it from here? Best regards, Nahum.

Refer to that: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/the-device-or-resource-pc-name-is-not-set-up-to/ee29934e-7dfc-435c-ad49-7048467e465b 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 Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer

Hello, for starting please upload the following files, so we understand the domain setup: ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt [all DCs] dcdiag /v /c /d /e /s:dcname >c:\dcdiag.txt repadmin /showrepl dc* /verbose /all /intersite >c:\repl.txt ["dc* is a place holder for the starting name of the DCs if they all begin the same (if more then one DC exists)] dnslint /ad /s "DCipaddress" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321045) ADREPLSTATUS: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30005 can also be exported to file. As the output will become large, DON'T post them into the thread, please use Windows Sky Drive(with open access!) http://explore.live.com/windows-live-skydrive and add the link from it here. Also the /e in dcdiag scans the complete forest, so better run it on COB.Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

Hi Mr X, Thanx for the article, but unfortunatlly the SFC didn't saved the day at this current problem... What do you suggest?

Hi weber, for some weird reason i can't send the link to my sky drive with all the requested infor you asked me to. this is the link to my question i asked. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/0e0aa2a1-d056-4a42-983b-ce201fe955a8 and this is the link to the skydrive url. https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=2571C3D23578E4ED&id=2571C3D23578E4ED%21257 Hope to hear from you soon.

Hi Nahum, Please continue your old thread, and submit your query in that thread. Thanks & Best Regards,Mohammed Imtiyaz Ali

I noticed that you created a new thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/32985af1-0c59-4200-a67b-315e1a693452/#32985af1-0c59-4200-a67b-315e1a693452 Can you please use an ONLY one since it is the same issue? 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 Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer

I noticed that you created a new thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/32985af1-0c59-4200-a67b-315e1a693452/#32985af1-0c59-4200-a67b-315e1a693452 Can you please use an ONLY one since it is the same issue? 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 Technology Specialist: Designing and Providing Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator Microsoft Certified Trainer

Hi Mr X, The reason i opened a new thread, is because for some reason i'm having problem to post my answer with my IE, i'm getting strange error messages. (so i'm answering to this forum using my google chrome). Is there anyway to delete the old thread?