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This is confusing. I've set up numerous computers on our domain before so I'm pretty well acquainted with the procedure.
So we upgraded a computer in our domain from XP to 8 so my manager could see if our software would work in 8. That much I got done just fine (put simply, it does).
The problem I'm having is that when I try to attach the computer to the domain, two things go wrong: first of all the network drives don't map. Not a big deal, I heard this was an issue with Windows 8 and logon scripts. I'd like to try to implement a Group Policy-based drive mapping system but Windows Server 2003 seems to be missing that capability (though supposedly that can be added back).
The other, more troubling issue is that when I restart the PC, it seems to lose any connection it had to the Active Directory Domain Controller. The first time you hook it onto the domain it's just fine (you can freely go in and out of the servers without providing new credentials) but if you restart it loses that. After a restart I can't log in except with credentials the PC already knows and trying to access the file shares on the servers prompts me for a password entry. I can rehook it into the domain by redoing the whole process from the start but then restarting it after that will just blank out the AD DC credentials again. Mapping the drives would be impossible if I can't maintain a connection to the Active Directory.
I pinged back the Windows 8 PC from the server side (which I logged into using Remote Desktop from the Windows 8 machine) so there's clearly communication happening. Is Windows 8 being rejected by the Active Directory for some reason? I looked on the AD list of PCs and when I select the Windows 8 computer it doesn't bring up an operating system version so it sounds like something is missing.
Anyway, some clarity here might be nice.
EDIT: Let me add an addendum: when we attach the computer to the domain, it gives us this error:
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Computer Name/Domain Changes
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Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed. The name will remain "[Our Domain]".
The error was:
[Something about not finding the domain controller.]
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OK
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I kind of ignored this at first but I suppose it's worth reporting.
So we upgraded a computer in our domain from XP to 8 so my manager could see if our software would work in 8. That much I got done just fine (put simply, it does).
The problem I'm having is that when I try to attach the computer to the domain, two things go wrong: first of all the network drives don't map. Not a big deal, I heard this was an issue with Windows 8 and logon scripts. I'd like to try to implement a Group Policy-based drive mapping system but Windows Server 2003 seems to be missing that capability (though supposedly that can be added back).
The other, more troubling issue is that when I restart the PC, it seems to lose any connection it had to the Active Directory Domain Controller. The first time you hook it onto the domain it's just fine (you can freely go in and out of the servers without providing new credentials) but if you restart it loses that. After a restart I can't log in except with credentials the PC already knows and trying to access the file shares on the servers prompts me for a password entry. I can rehook it into the domain by redoing the whole process from the start but then restarting it after that will just blank out the AD DC credentials again. Mapping the drives would be impossible if I can't maintain a connection to the Active Directory.
I pinged back the Windows 8 PC from the server side (which I logged into using Remote Desktop from the Windows 8 machine) so there's clearly communication happening. Is Windows 8 being rejected by the Active Directory for some reason? I looked on the AD list of PCs and when I select the Windows 8 computer it doesn't bring up an operating system version so it sounds like something is missing.
Anyway, some clarity here might be nice.
EDIT: Let me add an addendum: when we attach the computer to the domain, it gives us this error:
---------------------------
Computer Name/Domain Changes
---------------------------
Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed. The name will remain "[Our Domain]".
The error was:
[Something about not finding the domain controller.]
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------
I kind of ignored this at first but I suppose it's worth reporting.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8 Pro With Media Center x64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- N/A
- CPU
- Intel Core i5 750 (2.66 GHz x 4)
- Motherboard
- MSI P55-CD53
- Memory
- 8GB DDR3 1066 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- 1GB XFX Radeon HD 6870
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio Codec
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Planar PX2710MW (27")
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 128 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD (Boot) ,2.99 TB Storage Space comprised of: 640GB Western Digital Black x2, 2TB Western Digital Black
- Case
- Raidmax Smilodon
- Cooling
- Air
- Keyboard
- (varies)
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Notebook Mouse 4000
- Internet Speed
- 10 Mb/s