In [QUOTE="marsias"] Hello ace. Here the requested ifo: 1. ipconfig /all 1 DC Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : aedak-server Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : ATT-AEDAK.GR Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ATT-AEDAK.GR Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : IBM Netfinity Fault Tolerance PCI Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-55-4C-53-A4 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.252 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.253 192.168.2.252 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.252 2DC Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : backup-server Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : ATT-AEDAK.GR Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ATT-AEDAK.GR Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : IBM Netfinity Fault Tolerance PCI Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-55-4C-66-0E DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.253 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.252 192.168.2.253 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.253 2. AD DNS Name are : ATT-AEDAK.GR. 3. NO ERRORS IN THE LOGS. Thanks.[/QUOTE] Thank you for posting the information requested. Please make the following changes: DC1:[QUOTE] IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.252 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.252 192.168.2.253 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.252 DC2: IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.253 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.253 192.168.2.252 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.253[/QUOTE] If you look back at the frslog you posted, a file called "STOCK_FRONT_MF.xls" (apparently an Excel file), is possibly causing the problem. Do you see a file by that name in the Sysvol folder anywhere? Check to see if it has Read attributes set. Ace