Vista Business won't join a Windows 2000 domain

May 7, 2008 4:52 PM

How can I get a computer running Vista Business to join a Windows 2000 Server Domain?

I've googled this question extensively to no avail. I've tried making my workgroup name match that of the domain I'm trying to join; I've tried inputting my DNS IP addresses manually (although I'm not totally sure I was inputting the correct IP addresses); I have disabled the Windows Firewall and there is no anti-virus or third-party software messing with network access. I've also tried matching the settings of a working Vista machine that is already on the domain, but apparently there is some setting that I can't find because I still can't get this machine to join.

I am desperate--if anyone with expert knowledge in Windows networking wants to contact me directly to work on this issue, we could discuss compensation.

posted by evanm to computers & internet (6 comments total)

Do the two things listed here.
posted by me & my monkey at 5:14 PM on May 7, 2008

@me

that's to log on to an NT4 server :(
posted by evanm at 5:43 PM on May 7, 2008

Right, but depending on your existing domain compatibility settings, you may need to change your NTLM settings. You won't have to use SRVMGR, though - I did forget about that.
posted by me & my monkey at 5:52 PM on May 7, 2008

tried changing the ntlm settings and i'm still getting the same error:

The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller for domain [[our domain]]:

The error was: "DNS name does not exist."
(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)

ideas?
posted by evanm at 5:57 PM on May 7, 2008

OK, that sounds like a name resolution problem - I'm really going out on a limb with that!

Googling "error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR" brings up all kinds of potential reasons. One suggests running "netdiag /fix" on your DC to recreate broken SRV records.
posted by me & my monkey at 6:05 PM on May 7, 2008

Can you even ping the server?

What error exactly are you getting?
Using ms.com, I found this article, but am but sure without an error message.
posted by jmd82 at 5:53 AM on May 8, 2008