[win2kforum] Re: Adding computer to W2K domain - master browser issue too.

  • From: "Greg Chapman" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <win2kforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:05:24 -0600

Good work on identifying your ADD issue. Now that your domain is actually
an AD entity and you're adding XP, which expects an AD environment and is
using DNS to resolve it, it expects that more formal, native approach than
the mixed mode method you've been using.

As for the '=3D' issue, this is a function of your version of Outlook's
idea of Quoted-Printable. If youy're on Outlook XP, you can take some
steps by following these guidelines:

http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm

Greg Chapman
http://www.mousetrax.com
"Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11!
With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?"


> -----Original Message-----
> From: win2kforum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:win2kforum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Sanborn
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:07 AM
> To: win2kforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [win2kforum] Re: Adding computer to W2K domain -
> master browser issue too.
>
>
> One point I need to correct, my client i am trying to add is
> actually a =
> rare
> WinXP system we have here.
>
> As an update I found dcdiag.exe and netdiag.exe which helped
> me diagnoze =
> the state of my
> DNS service.  When I ran netdiag I noticed:
>
> LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
>     [WARNING] Failed to query SPN registration on DC =
> 'ntserver1.office.snowshore
> .com'.
>     [WARNING] Failed to query SPN registration on DC =
> 'ntserver2.office.snowshore
> .com'.
>     [WARNING] Failed to query SPN registration on DC =
> 'zoe.office.snowshore.com'.
>
> I then tried adding my machine to "office.snowshore.com" instead of =
> "SNOWSHORE"
> and that worked.  Not sure why.  I have always added to "SNOWSHORE" =
> which is the
> name of the original NT 4.0 domain which we upgraded from.  =
> "office.snowshore.com"
> is the DNS domain that all of "SNOWSHORE" resides in.  Why
> would this =
> be?
>
> Thanks,
>
>         Ed
>
> P.S. Why are there so many "=3D" signs in my postings????
>
>

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