Domain not available

New laptop out of box, I join it to the domain, I get the welcome to the
(Name) domain, you must reboot this computer, I reboot, type in user name-
password and the select the domain - errs out that the domain is not
available, will let me login to the local computer with an admin user and
password.

I have seen this once before and a total restore corrected the issue, but
there has to be a reason and an easier fix than a restore.

Any help greatly appreciated.
--
Thanks,,
Kim

First thoughts: maybe a firewall issue or networking problem? Can you
ping the domain controller?

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"Kim K" <KimK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news197089E-FE0E-4CC1-A3EE-C2E7E26D4AB8@microsoft.com:

> New laptop out of box, I join it to the domain, I get the welcome to the
> (Name) domain, you must reboot this computer, I reboot, type in user name-
> password and the select the domain - errs out that the domain is not
> available, will let me login to the local computer with an admin user and
> password.
>
> I have seen this once before and a total restore corrected the issue, but
> there has to be a reason and an easier fix than a restore.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> --
> Thanks,,
> Kim

yes, I can ping the DC, I first thought it was a dns issue and did a
flushdns, several reboots, unjoined - rejoin the domain -nothing works. I
thought it might be a corrupted profile - but the thing that puzzles me is
that it joins the domain - but on reboot says the domain is not availalbe,
same user profile can be signed in on any other computer.

As I said I restored the previous laptop and it went on just fine, but now a
second one.....I simply do not have time to continually restore these for
this problem I have 30.

I hope for something simple to fix, but if not then an f11 is in store for
me monday morning!
--
Thanks,,
Kim


"Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:

> First thoughts: maybe a firewall issue or networking problem? Can you
> ping the domain controller?
>
> --
> -Ben-
> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
> Roland Schorr & Tower
> http://www.rolandschorr.com
> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>
>
>
> "Kim K" <KimK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news197089E-FE0E-4CC1-A3EE-C2E7E26D4AB8@microsoft.com:
>
> > New laptop out of box, I join it to the domain, I get the welcome to the
> > (Name) domain, you must reboot this computer, I reboot, type in user name-
> > password and the select the domain - errs out that the domain is not
> > available, will let me login to the local computer with an admin user and
> > password.
> >
> > I have seen this once before and a total restore corrected the issue, but
> > there has to be a reason and an easier fix than a restore.
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated.
> > --
> > Thanks,,
> > Kim
>
>

Can you ping the domain controller by FQDN? Is DNS set up to use only a
domain DNS controller for DNS resolution?

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"Kim K" <KimK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CB3EB72-BD02-47BE-B668-6AFFAA44E13C@microsoft.com...
> yes, I can ping the DC, I first thought it was a dns issue and did a
> flushdns, several reboots, unjoined - rejoin the domain -nothing works. I
> thought it might be a corrupted profile - but the thing that puzzles me is
> that it joins the domain - but on reboot says the domain is not availalbe,
> same user profile can be signed in on any other computer.
>
> As I said I restored the previous laptop and it went on just fine, but now
> a
> second one.....I simply do not have time to continually restore these for
> this problem I have 30.
>
> I hope for something simple to fix, but if not then an f11 is in store for
> me monday morning!
> --
> Thanks,,
> Kim
>
>
> "Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:
>
>> First thoughts: maybe a firewall issue or networking problem? Can you
>> ping the domain controller?
>>
>> --
>> -Ben-
>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>> http://www.officeforlawyers.com
>> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007:
>> http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kim K" <KimK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news197089E-FE0E-4CC1-A3EE-C2E7E26D4AB8@microsoft.com:
>>
>> > New laptop out of box, I join it to the domain, I get the welcome to
>> > the
>> > (Name) domain, you must reboot this computer, I reboot, type in user
>> > name-
>> > password and the select the domain - errs out that the domain is not
>> > available, will let me login to the local computer with an admin user
>> > and
>> > password.
>> >
>> > I have seen this once before and a total restore corrected the issue,
>> > but
>> > there has to be a reason and an easier fix than a restore.
>> >
>> > Any help greatly appreciated.
>> > --
>> > Thanks,,
>> > Kim
>>
>>