Computer account in Active Directory

From: Matt (Matt_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/30/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:25:02 -0800

We are rebuildinig our PCs and after the rebuild we are getting an error that
there is no computer account in Active Directory. Before the rebuild we
remove the computer account from the domain via the workstation and all also
Active Directory. When the new pc is rebuilt we join it to the domain ok but
then when we log on as a user it will not let us in. Error message "windows
cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or
otherwise unavailable"
We are using Windows XP Professional and Windows 2000 server.

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