Network Login and Connection Problem

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Try swapping out the NIC. I've seen faulty NICs cause
connectivity issues that you are seeing.

"William B. (Beau) Sanders" <beau.sanders@pm-systems.com> wrote in message
news
> One of my clients has an unusual problem on their TCP/IP network. One of
> their Windows 98SE workstations has login and connection problems with the
> Windows NT 4.0 PDC. Here are the symptoms:
>
>
>
> 1.. The Windows 98SE machine can only login to the Windows NT 4.0 PDC
> from
> a cold boot, it will not login after a restart. The Windows 98SE machine
> displays the following error when attempting to login after a restart: The
> domain password you supplied is not correct, or access to your logon
> server
> has been denied. The Windows 98SE machine must be shutdown before logging
> in
> successfully.
>
>
> 2.. After getting logged in from a complete shutdown and connected to the
> PDC/fileserver for about 10 minutes, the connection to the PDC/fileserver
> is
> dropped.
>
>
> 3.. There are five other Windows 98SE computers on this network that have
> no problems logging on or staying connected to the PDC/fileserver.
>
>
> I have done the following attempting to solve the problem, which still
> persists:
>
>
>
> 1.. Nuked the Windows 98SE machine and completely reinstalled the
> operating system; no change in the problem.
>
>
> 2.. Changed the password on the PDC for the problem Windows 98SE machine;
> no change in the problem.
>
>
> 3.. Changed from DHCP client to a static IP address on the Windows 98SE
> machine; no change in the problem.
>
>
> 4.. While making a hardware change on the Windows 98SE machine, I turned
> off the second IDE bus in the BIOS, and then the machine could not log in
> to
> the domain at all. When I turned the second IDE bus back on, the problem
> returned to its prior state.
>
>
> At this point, I think one of the following could be the problem:
>
>
>
> 1.. The Windows 98SE machine is experiencing a hardware/setup problem
> that
> is causing the login/connection problem with the Windows NT 4.0 PDC.
> Perhaps
> the 3Com 3C905B network card is faulty.
>
>
> 2.. The computer account on the PDC is corrupted. The computer account
> needs to be deleted from the PDC and the Windows 98SE machine needs to be
> renamed to force a new computer account to be created on the PDC.
>
>
> I would appreciate any help you can provide on this unusual problem.
> Please
> contact me by e-mail at beau.sanders@pm-systems.com with your reply.
> Thanks
> in advance for your assistance.

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Thanks. I will be installing a new 3Com card this week.

-Beau

"Michael Giorgio - MVP" <michael.giorgio@Nospam.mayerson.com> wrote in
message news:uCCEy$uiFHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Try swapping out the NIC. I've seen faulty NICs cause
connectivity issues that you are seeing.

"William B. (Beau) Sanders" <beau.sanders@pm-systems.com> wrote in message
news
> One of my clients has an unusual problem on their TCP/IP network. One of
> their Windows 98SE workstations has login and connection problems with the
> Windows NT 4.0 PDC. Here are the symptoms:
>
>
>
> 1.. The Windows 98SE machine can only login to the Windows NT 4.0 PDC
> from
> a cold boot, it will not login after a restart. The Windows 98SE machine
> displays the following error when attempting to login after a restart: The
> domain password you supplied is not correct, or access to your logon
> server
> has been denied. The Windows 98SE machine must be shutdown before logging
> in
> successfully.
>
>
> 2.. After getting logged in from a complete shutdown and connected to the
> PDC/fileserver for about 10 minutes, the connection to the PDC/fileserver
> is
> dropped.
>
>
> 3.. There are five other Windows 98SE computers on this network that have
> no problems logging on or staying connected to the PDC/fileserver.
>
>
> I have done the following attempting to solve the problem, which still
> persists:
>
>
>
> 1.. Nuked the Windows 98SE machine and completely reinstalled the
> operating system; no change in the problem.
>
>
> 2.. Changed the password on the PDC for the problem Windows 98SE machine;
> no change in the problem.
>
>
> 3.. Changed from DHCP client to a static IP address on the Windows 98SE
> machine; no change in the problem.
>
>
> 4.. While making a hardware change on the Windows 98SE machine, I turned
> off the second IDE bus in the BIOS, and then the machine could not log in
> to
> the domain at all. When I turned the second IDE bus back on, the problem
> returned to its prior state.
>
>
> At this point, I think one of the following could be the problem:
>
>
>
> 1.. The Windows 98SE machine is experiencing a hardware/setup problem
> that
> is causing the login/connection problem with the Windows NT 4.0 PDC.
> Perhaps
> the 3Com 3C905B network card is faulty.
>
>
> 2.. The computer account on the PDC is corrupted. The computer account
> needs to be deleted from the PDC and the Windows 98SE machine needs to be
> renamed to force a new computer account to be created on the PDC.
>
>
> I would appreciate any help you can provide on this unusual problem.
> Please
> contact me by e-mail at beau.sanders@pm-systems.com with your reply.
> Thanks
> in advance for your assistance.

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Good luck. Thanks for the update.

"William B. (Beau) Sanders" <beau.sanders@pm-systems.com> wrote in message
news:
> Thanks. I will be installing a new 3Com card this week.
>