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Have you tried resetting the account in the AD? If this
doesn't work then a registry setting could be preventing
the NT machines from setting up a secure channel.
Check the following values in the registry:
RestrictAnonymous
LMCompatibility
How to Use the RestrictAnonymous Registry Value in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246261
"AndyB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:
> when the client machine tries to log in the message "The
> system cannot log ypu on to this domain because the
> systems computer account in it's primary domain is missing
> or the pasword on that account is incorrect".
>
> The account is there in the AD and records exist in the
> DNS and WINS for the machine and we have also tried to
> manually create the computer account. Until now NT
> machines have been OK, but last week they have all started
> to fail in this way.
>
> We have setup a test DC on a separate network configured
> in exactly the same way as the live domain, and the same
> NT clients work OK in this setup. the only difference are
> some of the latest security updates, 839645, 840315,
> 841872 and 842526.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >When you say "authenticate it's machine account " what
> exactly
> >do you mean? Can we assume you are getting an error the
> trust
> >relationship between the primary domain failed?
> >
> >"Andy B" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:
> >> I can add an NT4 client to a windows 2000 domain and
> >> records are created in WINS, DNS and the AD. However
> when
> >> the machine is rebooted it fails to authenticate with
> it's
> >> AD account.
> >> I've tried creating the machine account in the AD
> >> manually, as well as the DNS record.
> >>
> >> The same machine works OK in a test enviromemt.
> >
> >
> >.
> >