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Desktop PC dropped by the Domain

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yorkshirepudding

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Hi folks apologies if this should be in a network area but i couldnt find an applicable area!

i have a new Desktop PC runnig XP SP2 and Server 2000 domain, the new PC is getting constantly booted off the domain but in a perculier way, the user can log on, and access there outlook emails, and also browse the internet, but when it comes to accessing network drives it downright refuses entry to them, and the users own folder on our H drive has dissapeared, ive tried getting the PC to rejoin the network but a day or two later it boots them off

any ideas why this is really getting on my nerves! i have the same brand new PC and no problems!

its monday again! (LOL)
 
yorkshirepudding,

Could the problem be related to the user account in Active Directory? Do you know if this happens when another user is logged onto this client machine, or if the same user is logged onto another client machine?

Does anything show up in the client machine's event log when these errors occur?

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
 
i couldnt tell you im afraid, as there is no chance another user could use the PC for a long enough time to dertermine if this would happen, that user has to be on all the time, however i can tell you that although it will authorise the user to the domain, it will not let others do so, including admin, apparently saying the domain isnt accesible

odd though! because it obviously is
 
yorkshirepudding,

Not necessarily. The machine could be using cached information, which it will do in the case of a communication failure with the Domain Controller. This would explain most, if not all, of the odd behavior.

Can you ping this client machine from elsewhere on the network?

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
 
pinging was successfull nothing out of the ordinary, the next time it goes down it might be worth me attempting to ping it

any way to resolve the cached information problem you mentioned?
 
yorkshirepudding,

If you can ping the machine from elsewhere on the network, and you can ping the Domain Controller from the machine, then maybe a communications failure is not the cause.

Does this computer have a listing in Active Directory Users & Computers? I've heard of computer objects disappearing from Active Directory.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003
 
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