windows 7 connecting to domain problem
having trouble connecting to the domain on my windows 2003 server r2. first problem (which i solved by looking around the net) was that i couldn't just type in the domain name i had into domain name under computer properties. i found that if i added the computer name to the domain computer list it let me get to the login credential screen, whereas before it didnt til i did that. now i have the problem of typing in my administrator username and getting back (an attempt to resolve the DNS name of a domain controller in the domain being joined has failed. please verify that this client is configured to reach a dns server that can resolve dns names in the target domain. for information about networking troubleshooting, see windows help) just fyi, i did put into internet DNS the ip of the domain controller. saw somewhere that someone said to do this so that windows 7 saw it. it isnt first on the list tho the 2 dns of my ISP are then the ip of the domain controller is also. we are a static network here. no dhcp here. thank you for your time
March 30th, 2010 10:24pm

Hi, Based on my research, I would like to suggest the following: 1. Check if you can ping the DC and DNS server with computer name and FQDN name. 2. Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP and see how it works: 1) Go to “Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections”. 2) Right-Click on the connection and choose Properties. 3) Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Version 4” in the list. 4) Click Properties, and then click Advanced. 5) On the Advanced TCP/IP settings windows, go to “WINS” tab. 6) Under NetBIOS setting, click “Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP”, and then click OK. 3. Ensure that the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service is started: 1) Log on to the client computer by using an account that has administrator permissions 2) Click Start, click Run, type “services.msc” (without quotations) in the Open box, and then click OK. 3) In the list of services, double-click TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service. 4) In the Startup type list, click Automatic, and then click Apply. 5) Under Service status, click Start to start the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service. 6) When the service is started, click OK, and then quit the Services snap-in. 4. Boot the system to clean boot and see if you can join domain: How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7 Hope this helps. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT
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