I am attempting to script a automatic joining to Active directory and am having issues with netdom.exe. I am using netdom as this is for more than 100 machines, have a ghost image, and need to change the computer name at time of joining. Netdom.exe does this. So I went into "Turn Windows Feature On or off" and turn on the RSAT > Role Administrator Tools > AD DS and AD LDS Tools (checked everything) > AD DS Tools and checked everything, so netdom.exe is installed. When I type netdom, I get the help text. However, when I type netdom JOIN <computer name> /Domain:<domain> /UserD:<user name> /PasswordD:<password> I get the following error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. The command failed to complete successfully. It fails without attempting to connect to server. I have successfully used this command in XP, and have seen it run on Windows 7 successfully. What am I missing?

Hi, Because netdom.exe is related to Windows server, so I suggest you post to the windows server forum, they are the best resource to help you for this issue. Windows Server Forums The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding. Regards, Alex ZhaoPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.