DNS Dijointed

[scoobydoo26]

I've been noticing several event IDs 1000 (userenv) with code 1722. After some research, i've found that this problem can be caused if there is a disjointed DNS Namespace.

I've noticed the computer name's suffix is different from that of the domain (computer.company.(). vs .company.com). Then i noticed that there were no A records in DNS. Only SOA and NA.

Not sure how this happened but apparently the only way to fix this is by running DCPROMO to demote then promote the DC.

I haven't had any noticeable problems except for bad username/password being logged for all windows 98 clients even when logged in (COULD THIS BE A RESULT????), and event 5782 (no registration of DNS).

I'm pretty new to DNS. If i place another DC (without DNS) to replicate the accounts then run DCPROMO on the current DC to fix the dns namespace will i have any issues?

thanks

 

[scoobydoo26]

also, on member servers..should the DNS Suffix for this connection also have the domain name (company.com)?

thanks