About AD....

[Guest]

Hi,
1. Do you know why appear "Active Directory is not operational" message when I try to view a group or OU from a pc client
2. When I log on my computer with W2K pro in a domain, the computer is not identified soon. My computer is recognized after 10 minutes or i need to restart as 2 times. What should I do

Thanks for your help

 

[Danny Sanders]

These are 2 symptoms of improperly configured DNS.
AD must have a DNS server for AD (not your ISP's DNS server).
Point the AD DNS server to itself for DNS.
Point all AD clients to your AD DNS server ONLY.
Fro Internet Access configure your AD DNS server to forward requests and
list your ISP's DNS server as the forwarder.
See:
How to: Configure DNS for Internet Access In Windows 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202

Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675



hth

DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

Hi,
1. Do you know why appear "Active Directory is not operational" message

when I try to view a group or OU from a pc client?

2. When I log on my computer with W2K pro in a domain, the computer is not

identified soon. My computer is recognized after 10 minutes or i need to
restart as 2 times. What should I do ?