Cannot add Windows 7 PC to domain. Get the following message. An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed.
I copied the same description from Salukis1974's post from here as seems I cannot reply to his post, maybe it's locked.http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7network/thread/f6b8bc13-18b6-4a67-afa5-755d98a51776===quote===When trying to add a new Windows 7 machine to a network I get the following error message..."An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed. Please verify this client is configured to reach a DNS server that can resolve DNS names in the target domain." I don't have any problems adding XP machines to the domain and not sure why I can't add a Windows 7 machine. I am able to get on the internet on the Windows 7 PC but can't add it to the domain. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.We finally got the computer to join the domain by doing the following: in the network adapter IP 4 properties, set the DNS ip address to that of the domain controller, NOT the DNS. Then went back to the computer properties to add the computer to the domain, it was added succesfully. After rebooting the machine and logging into the domain account, go back to the IP 4 properties and reset the DNS to automatically get the ip address. ===unquote===However, I followed the solution above and still cannot successfully join my Windows 7 professional computer to a domain. I tried to set DNS to my DC IP, and still the same errorAny help will be greatly appreciated.
March 15th, 2010 9:04am

Based on my research, I suggest you also try the suggestions from the link below:Problems to add my pc VISTA to a domain win server 2008Thanks,Novak
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March 16th, 2010 11:01am

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