Ok, I've been trying everything to join a Windows 7 (Dell 670) to a SBS 2008 domain. Everything I try, I get the error "The Network Path was not found". Reinstalled thinking it was x64 but nope. I can ping the server via IP and Name, NSLOOKUP is good as well. I have 2 other laptops that connected with out a problem. WHAT THE HECK! HELP...Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WIN7OFFICE Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : bingconsulting.local Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : bingconsulting.local Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Server Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-17-4A-8D DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7554:c467:2d0b:aab1%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.18(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:05:20 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 11, 2009 6:05:20 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.100 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.5 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234885443 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-32-0D-E1-00-11-43-17-4A-8D DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.168.5 (Domain Server) 192.168.168.100 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.bingconsulting.local: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : bingconsulting.local Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Are you trying to use the http://connect wizard? I'm not sure if that's supported yet. Is 192.168.168.5 the SBS server or a domain controller running DNS?Some things to try. Remove the secondary DNS (192.168.168.100). When asked which domain to join make sure you specify the full name as in bingconsulting.local. When asked for the domain user to join the domain make sure to use the format bingconsulting\username.Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

I get prompted user name and Pass but still fails. if I use http://connect or "Change name" it fails. Changed DNS TO .5 address and still no love. I can nslookup with an issue.

You may want to try posting this question on the SBS 2008 newsgroup.https://connect.microsoft.com/SBS08?wa=wsignin1.0http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2008/11/02/signing-up-for-the-sbs-2008-newsgroups.aspxIn the mean time does the SBSBPA show any errors?http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145275(WS.10).aspxhttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=86A1AA32-9814-484E-BD43-3E42AEC7F731&displaylang=enKerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

hi there, although Kerry has already suggested to post it in the SBS newsgroup. i may suggest you to follow the blog here http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/02/06/using-windows-7-beta-with-sbs-2008.aspx