dajoebomb Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hello Guys, Having problems, I am quite new to setting up Windows Server 2003, got it so that my user can log on with the roaming profile and My Documents are there and settings are saved to the profile correctly. Problem #1: On the log on screen, i get a box pop up saying "Creating a list of Domains" and takes ages to complete (i can get round this by Ctrl + Alt + Del). Problem #2: None of the GPO's take affect, i presume this is because of the Error on the Event ID's. These Events are listed on the XP Event Viewer, not the Server. Any Ideas on how to fix this guys, or what may be causing it??? Appreciate any help you guys can give Joe Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1097 Date: 6/6/2008 Time: 11:11:05 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: JOEXPFASTER Description: Windows cannot find the machine account, No authority could be contacted for authentication. . Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1030 Date: 6/6/2008 Time: 11:11:05 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: JOEXPFASTER Description: Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine. Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1110 Date: 6/6/2008 Time: 11:12:55 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: JOEXPFASTER Description: Attempt to determine whether user and machine accounts are in the same forest failed (The interface is unknown. ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 it's either that you are not able to contact the AD/domain possibly because of DNS setup problems (there are many posts about this problem and the solution) or your pc needs to be removed and re added to the domain to gets it computer account working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 I think the problem may be that i do not have a reverse lookup, can anyone advise me on how to do this i dont really understand it, i have read a lot of texts about how to set it up but i still do not understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Thanks for your reply Bobbba, I think the problem may be that i do not have a reverse lookup. Can anyone advise me on how to do this i dont really understand it, i have read a lot of texts about how to set it up but i still do not understand. I have included some screenshots of my dns setup and tcp settings, i thought it might help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 reverse lookup is not really compulsory. more a nice to have. to create it, yours would be reverse lookup for 192.168.2.0 subnet 255.255.255.0 is your client's(joexpfaster) preferred dns set to the server's ip 192.168.2.17? if it isn't that would explain the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yeah my client has got the dns server set to 192.168.2.17. Just added the reverse zone lookup and that hasnt helped either. Any other suggestions please?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 nslookup also gives this error: *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.17: Non-existent domain Default Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.2.17 and if i do - nslookup joe-svr-01 then i get : > nslookup joe-svr-01 Server: joe-svr-01.JOE.internal Address: 192.168.2.17 *** joe-svr-01 can't find nslookup: Non-existent domain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Also if i dont have a reverse lookup zone i gives this error: DNS request timed out. timeout was 2 seconds. *** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.17: Timed out Default Server: UnKnown Address: 192.168.2.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 do an ipconfig -registerdns on joe-svr-01 then it should add a record for 192.168.2.17 to joe-svr-01. only thing is, even with this working it's not going to fix your problem. the need to resolve ip to name is unimportant unlike the name to ip which is important but is working in your setup. i would check that your xp client is has been correclty added to joe.internal. like i said before, it may also be worth removing it from the domain and re adding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 I have tried a few times now to remove the computer from the domain. The way i went about it was deleteing it from the AD, then attempting to join it again from the xp machine. When i tried on the xp machine to unjoin the domain i got an error - The specific module was not foud. This is turning into a nightmare! The only opther problem that i can think of is the fact that i am using a Virtual machine to run the server and client in. I have set it up to have a bridged ethernet, which means that it has its own IP address allocated from my router as if it was a separate machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted June 7, 2008 Share Posted June 7, 2008 nothing wrong with using vm's for this. it's a good way of learning. the fact that your xp install is coming up with an unusal error message might imply a problem with your xp vm. can it ping and resolve the server names ok? your are using XP pro for the client? have you tried searching for the specific error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 Yeah using xp pro SP3. Pinging is fine and i can also connect to shares on the server from the client. I might try a re install of the xp client. I got a slim version that i created, fast to install only 300mb taken up on the CD. I have also searched fore the error but I keep finding threads with the same error but for different problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajoebomb Posted June 7, 2008 Author Share Posted June 7, 2008 YES!!! I created a new virtual machine and Installed XP from Scratch, The Meesage "Creating domain Lists" does not come up at all now! Which is great! I can log on fine now as i could before, but i get a different error now why the Group policies can not be used. Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1058 Date: 6/7/2008 Time: 2:01:02 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: JOEXP Description: Windows cannot access the file gpt.ini for GPO CN={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=JOE,DC=internal. The file must be present at the location <\\JOE.internal\sysvol\JOE.internal\Policies\{31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}\gpt.ini>. (The network location cannot be reached. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help. ). Group Policy processing aborted. Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1030 Date: 6/7/2008 Time: 2:01:03 PM User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: JOEXP Description: Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine. Thanks for your on going help bobba! Nearly there now, I am just googling these errors as we speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMann Veteran Posted June 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted June 7, 2008 dajoebomb: I thought you might appreciate having this website handy as a future resource for EventID errors: http://www.eventid.net You can type in the Event ID and do a search, find your relevant entry and view comments of other users to get a more in-depth description of the problem, and how people resolve these specific errors if nessecary. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 something looks wrong to me with the path it's trying to open, it should be: \\joe-svr-01\ not \\JOE.internal\ I'm not sure what would have caused it to be looking for the wrong location like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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