Comments on: Unable to join domain “The network location cannot be reached” http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-rant/unable-to-join-domain-the-network-location-cannot-be-reached/ Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: SteveAU http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-rant/unable-to-join-domain-the-network-location-cannot-be-reached/#comment-30 SteveAU Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:37:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-rant/?p=144#comment-30 I give up see kb 300684

]]> By: SteveAU http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-rant/unable-to-join-domain-the-network-location-cannot-be-reached/#comment-29 SteveAU Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:35:41 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/it-rant/?p=144#comment-29 Oooops try this

NetBIOS resolution isn’t required.

If your dns domain has a single label ie: [B]domainname [/B]
The local machine only does a NetBIOS request to resolve.

If your dns domain name is [B]domain.name[/B]
The local machine does a DNS request

You will need to make a change in the regisryr
See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300684

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