Hi, 
 
Have these machines ever successfully connected to the domain? If they
have, has anything changed with regard to the setup? What DNS servers
are you using with these machines, are they the same as the machines
that can connect? Can you query these DNS servers with nslookup? How did
you set up these machines with the domain (wizard, script, manually,
etc.)? Can you ping a domain controller from these machines? Have you
tried to rename the computer (this will reset the password for the
computer account)? 

The answers to these questions will hopefully point you in the right
direction (DNS error, connection error, domain error). 

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From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Samone E. Jones
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:12 PM
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Subject: [MSUNAG] 2000 Professional machines can't logon to domain
Importance: High


Hello Great Minds,
 
I get this error when I try to login two newly installed Win Pro 2000
machines onto my domain:
The system cannot log you on because the system's computer account 
in it's primary domain is missing or the password on that account is
incorrect.
 
I found a Microsoft Knowledge Base article that was close to this issue
but it's for NT 4.0 machines.  
I called Microsoft since the article says to call for the hotfix -
hoping they would have a version for Win Pro 
2000, but they sent me back to look for a specific article for Win 200
Pro - which either doesn't exist or I couldn't find.
 
The article I found was: Logon Attempt Does Not Work on Computers with
Windows NT Newly Installed: Q223997
OR
Could this be a replication issue?
Has anyone else had this problem - am I going in the right direction?
 
Samone E. Jones
Information Technologist
Family Consumer Sciences
Phone: 517.432.4552
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