Re: AD/DNS issue

Hello Winston,

See the answers in microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have a Windows Server 2008 named "win2008". On the XP clients,
> "\\win2008" returns an error "\\win2008 is not accessible. You might
> not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the
> administrator of this server to find out if you have access
> permissions. Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect."
>
> If I use the IP address though, it works, which leads me to believe
> there is something up with the DNS, however, I can't figure out what
> is wrong with the DNS. Every other client works, and even another DC
> on the network works fine ("\\sbtsvr", which is on a Windows 2000
> Server OS, goes straight to the shared folders). sbtsvr is the
> secondary DNS server.
>
> The server has had constant problems listed on the Event Viewer about
> Active Directory not able to replicate with other DC's, but it never
> prevented "\\win2008" from working before.
>
> win2008 is the only machine that can't be reached by name when ran
> with \\. All clients get the same error when trying to access win2008.
>
> win2008 replaced a Windows 2003 Server that used to be a DC. I
> probably didn't do a good job with the transfer. I've deleted traces
> as I see them, and the Windows 2000 Server sees more traces of 2003
> than the 2008 Server does.
>