Join domain - Windows 2000 Server

11-20-2007, 12:54 AM

I'm trying to join my vista desktop (wired) to our domain running Win 2K.

It allows me to enter the domain name, then asks for administrator password,
then I get this error:

"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'm a novice when it comes to DNS settings, but I can see that my computer
is not listed in the active directory of the server.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

11-27-2007, 07:20 AM

Try to disable your firewall on windows 2000 server and add your computer
onto the domain. if it done with success then enable your firewall.
hope that every thing will be ok after.
regards

Angouby MOUKOURI

"Curious" wrote:

Quote:

> I'm trying to join my vista desktop (wired) to our domain running Win 2K.
>
> It allows me to enter the domain name, then asks for administrator password,
> then I get this error:
>
> "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'm a novice when it comes to DNS settings, but I can see that my computer
> is not listed in the active directory of the server.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

11-27-2007, 08:04 PM

check your firewall

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"Angouby" <Angouby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Try to disable your firewall on windows 2000 server and add your computer
> onto the domain. if it done with success then enable your firewall.
> hope that every thing will be ok after.
> regards
>
> Angouby MOUKOURI
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>

Quote:

>> I'm trying to join my vista desktop (wired) to our domain running Win 2K.
>>
>> It allows me to enter the domain name, then asks for administrator
>> password,
>> then I get this error:
>>
>> "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'm a novice when it comes to DNS settings, but I can see that my
>> computer
>> is not listed in the active directory of the server.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

11-28-2007, 03:35 PM

I disabled our NetShield but did not find a windows firewall and am still
unable to join. What am I missing?

"James Matthews" wrote:

Quote:

> check your firewall
>
> --
>
> http://search.goldwatches.com/?Search=Movado+Watches
> http://www.goldwatches.com/
> http://www.jewelerslounge.com/
> "Angouby" <Angouby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A12B27E8-B00A-4F42-BA78-682EC89F74E5@microsoft.com...

Quote:

> > Try to disable your firewall on windows 2000 server and add your computer
> > onto the domain. if it done with success then enable your firewall.
> > hope that every thing will be ok after.
> > regards
> >
> > Angouby MOUKOURI
> >
> > "Curious" wrote:
> >

Quote:

> >> I'm trying to join my vista desktop (wired) to our domain running Win 2K.
> >>
> >> It allows me to enter the domain name, then asks for administrator
> >> password,
> >> then I get this error:
> >>
> >> "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'm a novice when it comes to DNS settings, but I can see that my
> >> computer
> >> is not listed in the active directory of the server.
> >>
> >> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

>

11-20-2007, 12:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Join domain - Windows 2000 Server I'm trying to join my vista desktop (wired) to our domain running Win 2K. It allows me to enter the domain name, then asks for administrator password, then I get this error: "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'm a novice when it comes to DNS settings, but I can see that my computer is not listed in the active directory of the server. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.	Curious Guest Posts: n/a

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