Comments on: windows 2003 server clients

By: vlvpk

vlvpk — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:11:42 +0000

Hi,

Check to see is there any firewall is enabled in the server ?

If everything fine..

Is it possible to give the IP Address details of both server and the client ( facing the problem with )

U can get this by using ipconfig/all in the command prompt.

Thanks & Regards,
Vlvpk

By: wonderin

wonderin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:34:17 +0000

What can I do?

By: wonderin

wonderin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:38:51 +0000

both machines are on the internet I’m writing this from the server and I just went to the client machine and flew across the bearing sea in google earth, so I am sure that they both are… why then is a ping from the dos prompt timing out instead of returning packets?.. wierd

By: wonderin

wonderin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:22:46 +0000

I went into active directory Users and computers and I could see the domain
selecting the computer folder I added all of the compouters names to it with the add , new, computer action

I also went into users and changed the administrators password so I would be sure i had the correct one (I used the same password that the administrator for the server is)

Going to the client machine I attempted again to change the name to the domain, again got a log in screen logged in as administrator and again was told the path was not found.

By: wonderin

wonderin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:45:42 +0000

I’m not sure about the admin rights on the domain, I have it set for the sared folders …but i guess it’s not at all the same even though it’s the same machine.. how do i check this?

bothe computers are on the internet ok

a ping from the client to the servers ip address times out

By: vlvpk

vlvpk — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:02:29 +0000

Hi,
R u sure, that u given Domain administrator credentials? not the local administrator credentials.

If yes

Try to ping the dns server ip address ( DNS server for ur domain )

If yes

try to ping domain name ex: domain.com

if u get any errors, let us know.

Thanks & Regards,
vlvpk

By: wonderin

wonderin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:00:23 +0000

To point to the dns I went into tcp/ip properties and selected obtain the ip manually then for the primary dns server I put the ip address of the server I left the secondary address empty and the subnet mask was the default 244.244.0.0
when I then attempted to log in using the features under computer properties I actually had a log in screen come up.. I put the administrators log in and password and it took awhile then returned the error
“path not found”

By: vlvpk

vlvpk — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:00:41 +0000

Hi,

Make sure that u given correct dns server address in all the client mechines.

I hope this will work for u.

Thanks & Regards,
vlvpk

By: wonderin

wonderin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:39:36 +0000

no, sorry, that’s when I use the wizard… when I do as you suggested i get
windows can not find a domain controller for XXX.com (the domain name)

By: wonderin

wonderin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:34:23 +0000

Yes, when I do this I get
“Windows cannot find an account for your computer on the XXXX.com domain”