Logon Server not available error when trying to login to the corp domain server
Hi AllI just finished installing Windows 7 RTM version on my 64 bit laptop. Everything seems to be working except I get this error message when I try to log into our corp domain, using my domain userid and password.Here is what I have done so far1. Installed the OS2. Successfully joined the corp domain (using the domain joining wizard)- it even asked me if I wanted to create the domain account on the local machine3. Rebooted and tried to login, and that's when I get this response saying "no logon server available to logon". Has anyone seen this behavior with windows 7 (vista was working fine). Any thoughts on how to get past this issue?thanksS
August 22nd, 2009 12:14am

It seems that the computer is not connected to network when you logon. I suggest that you boot it with a local machine account. Does the network works properly after logging on? You may check the following policy. Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon\Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon By default it is "Not Configured". You may configure it as Enabled. If the above suggestion does not work, please let us know if all Windows 7 computers have this issue.Arthur Xie - MSFT
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August 25th, 2009 1:31pm

Thanks ArthurI finally figured it out (with some help from my peers), when you join the domain (remotely - not on corp network),Windows does not cache the creds. So when you try to login using the domain userid and password it fails with the error that no domain servers are available..... One of the work around is to login in to local admin account. Then useVPN and the domain account once the VPN is established,use switch user option and now login using the domain account and it should work.thanks
August 27th, 2009 12:55am

Thanks for telling me the result. Regards.Arthur Xie - MSFT
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August 27th, 2009 11:49am

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