>Hi all
>
>This is the first post I am making on the site, after having tried
>everything else (and now at the verge of pulling my hair out!).
>
>Basically I have 2 clients and a server.  The server is 2003 Enterprise
>edition, acting as the only DC within the domain.  It is also configured as a
>DNS server, however the DHCP is done by the router.  All machines have
>dynamic ip addresses except for the server, statically assigned.
>
>The clients are set to use the server as the dns server, configured in the
>NIC settings, and are able to use this successsfuly.
>
>The problem - I am unable to add the clients to the domain.  I right click
>My computer, go to properties, click on the computer name tab, click the
>option box for Domain, enter the domain name, when prompted for user
>credentials I enter the following:
>
>domain\administrator followed by the password.  I get the egg timer, and
>after some time I get the error message:
>
>"Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password".
>
>So far I have done the following:
>
>Checked and reset the password
>Created another admin account and tried that
>confimed ping bothways, using both ip and hostname
>checked event viewer for errors
>tried the whole process from a different xp client machine
>Added the computer account, and checked the 'manage by' setting is set to
>Administrator
>Tried entering the wrong password, get the same error.
>Tried entering the username without the domain name prefix
>
>Not having any joy whatsoever.  Finally to shed further light, I have tried
>the net use command to connect to the root share on the server, and receive
>the same error.  Finally I have confirmed that the 'Kerberos Key Distribution
>Center' service is running.
>
>The ip on the server is 192.168.2.2
>The ip on the router is 192.168.2.1
>the ip on the client xp  machine is 192.168.2.4, with the dns server set to
>192.168.2.2.
>The xp is running pro with sp2.  Firewall is turned off, with the guest
>account also turned off. (I did try enabling this account to see if it made
>any difference!)
>
>The server is 2003 Enterprise edition, with all security patches and updates
>applied.  No group policy is currently enforced, and the administrator
>account is a member of the following groups:
>
>Administrators, Domain Admins, Domain Users, Enterprise Admins, Group Policy
>Creator Owners, and Schema Admins.
>
>I think I've pretty much covered everything (i hope).
>
>Any help whatsoever from anyone would be MOST appreciated.
>
>Many thanks in advance.