Error 2455: Netlogon service not running

[JBruyet]

Hey all, (NOTE: I'm also posting this in the Win2k forum)
I've finally configured my Win2k servers with AD and things are running great except for one small inconvenience. I have some programs that are running on an NT 4.0 box, and when my users (Win9x) map to them using a login script I get the following error:

Error 2455: Netlogon service not running

I can't start the logon service because the NT box is no longer a domain controller. Is there a different way to get a script to run to map to an NT box when a 9x machine is logging into AD?

Thanks,

Joe Brouillette

 

[meastaugh1]

Did the NT4 server used to be the PDC? I don't believe you can have Win2K domain controllers as well as NT4 domain controllers. You would need to rebuild the NT4 box as an NT4 standalone server, rather than a domain controller. I think that's the case although not entirely sure.

 

[djhawthorn]

meastaugh1: just a correction, you can have NT4 DCs and W2K DCs online at the same time, just the NT4 DCs can only be backup domain controllers. The PDC role is handled by the first Windows 2000 DC you install on the network.

A silly question: is the NetLogon service running on that NT4 box? If not, can you start it?

Check the event log on that box to see why it won't/didn't start.

What role does that NT4 box have? PDC? BDC? Or Member Server? (Or Workstation?) MCSE NT4/W2K

 

[meastaugh1]

Sorry, what I meant was, if the NT4 server was previously a PDC, then that would explain why the netlogon service is not running...?

 

[djhawthorn]

It could do.
You'd need to check the event log for details on why the service isn't/couldn't be started. MCSE NT4/W2K

 

[JBruyet]

The netlogon service won't start "...because there is already a PDC running on the network." As I see it, the netlogon service can't be started because the NT server is a BDC. At this point I'm working on Plans B, C, and D.

Thanks,

Joe Brouillette

 

[djhawthorn]

Run Server Manager and demote it to a BDC.

I think you can demote it like that... MCSE NT4/W2K

 

[JBruyet]

The server was a BDC. At this time it has been removed from service. Thanks everybody for the help.

Joe Brouillette