Re: Domain Unavailable when changing passwords

From: Jim Campau (Jim_Campau@bausch.com)
Date: 10/30/02 

From: "Jim Campau" <Jim_Campau@bausch.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:55:11 -0500

Make sure the primary DNS server is the AD DNS server in the workstations
TCP/IP configuration then do the following from a DOS promt at the
workstation:

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns

The workstation MUST be registered properly or you get what you just
described.

"Ted" <theocritus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:775e01c28066$238d0860$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> Ok, here goes:
> You log on to Win2K AD and map a drive to a NT domain
> using the NT account. Great.
>
> When deciding to change the NT password, you go through
> the motions, but you get the "...blah, blah, blah, Domain
> Unavailable..." message.
>
> I CAN "ping -a" the NT domain PDC, it is in the WINS and
> DNS tables.
>
> Even when I logon to the NT domain from the same W2K pro
> workstation, I cannot change the NT account password.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks!

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