"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 16:09:01 -0700, IT <I*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello
> >I have a laptop with new XP pro install, I am not able to join it to the
> >domain, it gets an IP address and can access internet just fine, I can join
> >other machines to the domain but not this one. the message says, can not find
> >domain "Domainname"
>
> Check the DNS setup.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>

"IT" wrote:

> Hello
> I have a laptop with new XP pro install, I am not able to join it to the
> domain, it gets an IP address and can access internet just fine, I can join
> other machines to the domain but not this one. the message says, can not find
> domain "Domainname"
>
> Thanks
> --
> IT

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 08:47:01 -0700, IT <I*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello Chuck
> >
> >when I do "ipconfig /all" everything is the same as other computers except
> >the IP address. the laptop is in the same phisical location as other
> >computer, as was able to join the domain with other computer at the same time
> >the laptop failed.
> >I moved the laptop to other location in the office, it did not help.
> >
> >thanks
>
> And if you swap network connections with another computer?
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#Three>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html#Three
>
> All things being equal, any computer should be identical to any other.  So how
> do we find the difference?
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>

>Hello Chuck,
>
>I got it fixed, well, the network if configured for both DHCP and static
>IPs, two different scopes. the laptop was set for DHCP, I was not able to
>join it to the domain, this afternoon, I changed the IP to static, along with
>DNS. then I was able to join it to the domain, I still can not figure out why?
>Thanks so much for you help.