Re: meaningless error ???! adding win 7 to mixed 2003/2008 domain

On Fri, 28 May 2010 19:44:34 -0700 (PDT), singularity
<> wrote:

>hello. i'm getting the error below when i attempt to add a windows 7
>workstation that was in a workgroup called "WORKGROUP' to a domain
>that consists of one 2008 DC and two 2003 DCs.
>
>---------
>
>"changing the primary Domain DNS name ofthis computer to ""
>failed. The name will remain "domainname.com. the error was the
>specified
>serer cannot perform the requested operation."
>
>---------
>
>
>Strange thing is, even though i get this error, everything seems to
>work just fine. The primary dns suffix changes to the domain name and
>i can log onto the workstation with a domain admin ID, no problem.
>
>
>so why am i getting this seemingly meaningless (at least in this case)
>error?
>
>thanks!
>
>- singularity

Hello Singularity,

In addition to Meinolf's requested info, which hopefully you can
provide, was this machine created by an imaging-based software (such
as Ghost or Altiris), without using Sysprep? What you are describing
may mean that it has an identical SID to at least one other
workstation.

Or one other possibility... Has the default location to create machine
accounts been changed in AD to another location from the default
Computers Container, such as to an OU? I remember one other poster
many months ago had the same error, and it was a result of them
changing the default location for computer accounts in AD.




Ace

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On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:01:32 -0700 (PDT), singularity
<> wrote:

>On Jun 1, 9:27*pm, "Ace Fekay [MVP - Directory Services, MCT]"
><ace...@mvps.RemoveThisPart.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 May 2010 19:44:34 -0700 (PDT), singularity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <anom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >hello. i'm getting the error below when i attempt to add a windows 7
>> >workstation that was in a workgroup called "WORKGROUP' to a domain
>> >that consists of one 2008 DC and two 2003 DCs.
>>
>> >---------
>>
>> >"changing the primary Domain DNS name ofthis computer to ""
>> >failed. The name will remain "domainname.com. the error was the
>> >specified
>> >serer cannot perform the requested operation."
>>
>> >---------
>>
>> >Strange thing is, even though i get this error, everything seems to
>> >work just fine. The primary dns suffix changes to the domain name and
>> >i can log onto the workstation with a domain admin ID, no problem.
>>
>> >so why am i getting this seemingly meaningless (at least in this case)
>> >error?
>>
>> >thanks!
>>
>> >- singularity
>>
>> Hello Singularity,
>>
>> In addition to Meinolf's requested info, which hopefully you can
>> provide, was this machine created by an imaging-based software (such
>> as Ghost or Altiris), without using Sysprep? What you are describing
>> may mean that it has an identical SID to at least one other
>> workstation.
>>
>> Or one other possibility... Has the default location to create machine
>> accounts been changed in AD to another location from the default
>> Computers Container, such as to an OU? I remember one other poster
>> many months ago had the same error, and it was a result of them
>> changing the default location for computer accounts in AD.
>>
>> Ace
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.
>>
>> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum for collaboration benefit among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your resolution.
>>
>> Ace Fekay, MVP, MCT, MCITP EA, MCTS Windows 2008 & Exchange 2007, MCSE & MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003
>> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
>>
>> If you feel this is an urgent issue and require immediate assistance, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please checkhttp://support.microsoft.comfor regional support phone numbers.- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quot
>
>
>turned out to be a dns registration problem. i'll post the scenario in
>a differently titled post.
>
>THANKS guys.
>
>- singularity

A DNS registration problem? On the workstation or server? What DNS
addresses are on the server and the workstations? If anything other
than the internal DNS servers, I can see why problems are occuring,
along with other problems that will occur with not using internal DNS
servers only.

I'll look for your new thread, but honestly since it was started here,
you could have kept going in this thread.

Ace