Roaming Profiles not working

[bluedollar]

I have just recently transferred my PC to a domain and setup AD and user accounts that use a profile stored on the server.

However the problem is that clients do not use the profile stored on the server, they use a blank profile and store any changes to this profile locally.

I am getting about 20 different variations of this error on start up of the server:

5774

Netlogon

Registration of the DNS record 'selectfire.co.uk. 600 IN A 192.168.0.1' failed with the following error:
DNS operation refused.

I am getting this error when the client tries to logon a user:

5789

NetLogon

Attempt to update DNS Host Name of the computer object in Active Directory failed. The updated value was 'Tania.selectfire.co.uk'. The following error occurred:
The RPC server is unavailable.

&

5788

Netlogon

Attempt to update HOST Service Principal Names (SPNs) of the computer object in Active Directory failed. The updated values were '<UNAVAILABLE>' and '<UNAVAILABLE>'. The following error occurred:
The RPC server is unavailable.


Does anyone have an idea what I need to do, to get this working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Dan

 

[bluedollar]

In the Application log the following error is recorded at login:

1000

Userenv

Windows cannot determine the user or computer name. Return value (1722).

I searched on google and microsoft suggest the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329708

which I tried and it did not work

and:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=261007

Which suggests to set the preferred DNS server.However I currently have DNS set to automatic on the client and server, this works fine for internet and I can resolve internet addresses.

What would I set it to?

Thanks

Dan

 

[bluedollar]

A ipconfig /all on the server shows:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : selectfire.co.uk
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : selectfire.co.uk
co.uk

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapt
er (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-D0-AB-6C-7E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter SMC Dial-Up PPP Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.163.156.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.163.156.124
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.130.128.32
213.130.128.33

A ipconfig /all on the client shows:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Tania
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : selectfire.co.uk
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : selectfire.co.uk
co.uk

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : selectfire.co.uk
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8029(AS)-based PCI Ethern
et Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-4F-49-01-E1-03
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 27 July 2004 10:28:11
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 03 August 2004 10:28:11

 

[bluedollar]

I have set the preferred DNS and alternate on the server to:

213.130.128.32
213.130.128.33

An ipconfig /all on the server now shows:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . : selectfire.co.uk
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : selectfire.co.uk
co.uk

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapt
er (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-D0-AB-6C-7E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :213.130.128.32
213.130.128.33

PPP adapter SMC Dial-Up PPP Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.163.156.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.163.156.124
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.130.128.32
213.130.128.33

I then took the client off the domain onto a workgroup and then back onto the domain.

However I am still gettinf the same error messages in event viewer??

 

[enbw]

bluedollar,

I'm not too hot on this stuff but without knowing exactly what you are running this is what I would suggest. It looks like the DNS is not working correctly, hence AD is not working directly. You need to setup your DNS to resolve for your LAN rather than a Internet NS.

First of all on your server;

Ethernet Adapter DNS Server should point to itself. It looks like > 192.168.0.1

Are you using the same server a router/gateway? It needs to point to itself but in general I would buy a router.

Then Setup DNS(application) to forward to your internet NS.

You may need to recreate/edit some of the DNS records.

To test that a client is resolving correctly. Use nslookup.

enbw

 

[bluedollar]

Just got a Draytek Vigor 2600 Plus ADSL router today.

Will set this up and then troubleshoot the roaming profile problem.

Thanks

Dan