Sounds like its not able to speak with the DC. I would check DNS resolution on the machine that you're running this tool from. -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jfvanmeter@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:30 AM To: gpotalk Subject: [gptalk] gpotool question I ran gpotool and received the following as a output, i've never seen this error before. DC: mydomaincontroller.com friently name: (null) created: (null) changed: (null) DS version: (null) Sysvol version: (null) Flags: (null) user extensions: (null) machine extension: (null) Functionality version:(null) Can anyone provide some information about it thanks take care and have fun --JOhn *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************