Group Policy

From: Brian (jazzeyb@yahoo.com)
Date: 02/05/03


From: "Brian" <jazzeyb@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 03:55:23 -0800


I had a similar problem. I upgraded my 8 servers from NT4
to 2k Pro, and bam...... it worked............
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I am running Windows XP professional and am attempting
to
>configure local group policies as we have an NT4 domain
>structure in place.
>
>The local policies are not being applied. In the
>application event log there is an error with source
>userenv and event id 1054. The description is:
>Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for
your
>computer network. (The specified domain either does not
>exist or could not be contacted. ). Group Policy
>processing aborted.
>
>All DNS entries are correct as the workstation is set to
>retrieve IP settings from an NT4 DHCP server and the
>nslookup command works perfectly. DNS servers are BIND.
>All domain connectivity and access works successfully.
>
>Has anybody come upon this problem before and is there
>any resolution?
>
>Thanks
>David
>
>.
>



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