Computers Losing Connection ???



I have Windows 2003, SP1, servers in four locations (sites), all
workstations are XP, SP2.

Within the last few wqeeks a strange connection problem has starting
occuring. A workstation suddenly cannot be used to log onto the AD domain.
The error msg:

The system could not log you on. Make sure your user name and domain are
correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed
in the correct case.

No one can log on to the domain from that workstation when the problem
appears, not even domain admins. The only logon available is a local
account. Nothing has been changed in the domain or on these computers to
cause this. It has occurred in disparate sites and only one or two
workstations at a site has been affected. So far we have also discovered
that moving the workstation to a workgroup, deleting the computer account,
recreating it and rejoining the domain works for a few days then that
workstation gets the same error. This has happened on 5 computers so far.
The only fix we have is to delete the computer account, reimage the
computer, then join the domain. The same users have no problems logging on
from other computers.

What could be causing this behavior??

dave admin



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