Joining the domain... getting error message 2

[teknoguy]

I have a windows XP pro system which im trying to join the domain. I have joined about 10 other computer in the company.. its just one which is giving me an error message. After changing the dns suffix and entering the domain I hit ok.. then a login prompt comes up.. i enter the usual username and I get this error

"Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed."

Ive tryed using a different username but that doesn't work as well. any help would be great. thanks.

 

[jenlion]

I get that when I've already connected to a new domain resource. For example -- if you get ambitious and map a drive, pull down a file, change symantec to point to something on new domain, or do anything that would have authenticated you, before you try to change domain membership, you'll get this error.

Don't know if this is a new system or an old one, but you might try this:

-make sure you have computer's local administrator name/password
-move computer out of any current domain into a workgroup
-make sure you have no processes on startup that will contact anything on the domain in question
-reboot
-log in as local administrator
-Go first thing to join the new domain (shouldn't be necessary to change the suffix, I think). Give appropriate name/password on the domain.

That should do it.

Even better, your domain administrator name should ideally be changed. If you've done all this and it's still confused, and you're logging in locally as "administrator" and as the domain admin as "administrator", you might go ahead and change the administrator name on the domain, then try joining the laptop using the new name. I don't *think* that matters, but sometimes, with Windows, you just aren't sure where the confusion is.... ;-)