Re: System Groups

From: John (John_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/13/05 

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:51:10 -0700

I found that the PC DNS was incorrect. Corrected and works fine.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:129E50DE-3DD1-4579-AD1A-5B5B7C1941BB@microsoft.com,
> John <John@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Some of my machines (all XP sp2) are not allowing me to add AD
> > accounts to the Local PC Groups. In all cases, the Domain Admin is
> > an Administrator on the local PC. Now, a few machines don't show the
> > Domain Admin but rather a red question mark over the person for the
> > icon, and instead of "Domain Admin", it read what looks like a SID.
> >
> > When I try to browse for a domain account, locations only shows the
> > local PC and does not have any drill down for Entire Network and so
> > on. However, I do have network resources and can get to the DC and
> > other servers.
> >
> > Any ideas why this may be happening?
>
> First thing, make sure all computers & servers are set up properly for AD
> DNS. Meaning, they all point *only* to your AD-integrated DNS server
> (presuming you use that) IP and not to any external/public IPs for DNS.
> Can you manage the PCs remotely in ADUC and add the groups you wish therein?
>
>
>

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