dns and active directory

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Jason

I am helping a client of mine migrate several machines to Windows XP. The
client has a Windows 2000 domain controller with Active Directory and MS
Exchange. The old machines are all Windows 95 or Win98 machines and
currently log into the domain without trouble. I set up the first couple
Windows XP client machines and logged them into the domain but it took
between 5-10 minutes for the logon process to complete. Then I tried to add
administrative rights to their respective domain profile at the machine but
could not (need to install a few applications which require administrative
rights). I looked around on the server and it looks as though DNS is not
installed. The server, and all, clients are using two public DNS servers
for resolution. Does the server need to be running dns? If so, would this
cause the delayed login from the XP clients? Would this also cause problems
when trying to add administrative rights to the client machines' domain
profile? Do the clients need to point to the server for both private and
public resolution?

Thank you,

Jason
 
It definately sounds like you have a DNS problem. You need to install DNS
and configure your DC and internal clients to point to that server for DNS.
You will need to create a zone for your domain and configure it to allow
dynamic updates. After that has been done you should run ipconfig
/registerdns on the domain controllers and restart the netlogon service on
them. That should create the host records and SRV records for the domain
controllers. For internet name resolution you can configure your DNS server
to forward to your ISP. The articles below should help

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q237/6/75.asp
https://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/communications/dns/dnskbs.asp

--
Tim Hines, MCSE, MCSA
Windows 2000 Directory Services

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