Naming information cannot be located; Server not operational
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Ben Scaithe
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Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 10:56 pm    Post subject: Naming information cannot be located; Server not operational Reply with quote

Having a problem with a Windows 2003 Server all of a sudden where everyone
loses access to the printers shared from the server. If I open Active
Directory Users and Computers at the server console, I get the following
message:

Naming information cannot be located for the following reason:
The server is not operational.

If you are trying to connect to a domain controller running Windows 2000,
verify that Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 or later is installed on the
domain controller, or use the Windows 2000 administration tools. For more
information about connecting to domain controllers running Windows 2000, see
Help & Support.

Rebooting the server returned things to normal, but it happened again the
very next day.

I looked in the KB and found a similar issue addressed in article 323542.
It says it applies only to Windows 2000, though, and we don't have any
TCP/IP filtering turned on at the server. Considering that I'm getting this
at the console, I don't think filtering would apply, anyway.

It first showed up right after a thunderstorm rolled through, so obviously I
suspect that's not coincidental. It's just an awful specific problem to see
for something meteorologically related.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

- Ben
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Chriss3 [MVP]
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Naming information cannot be located; Server not operati Reply with quote

The first thing to do is to ensure that there is no incorrect DNS entry's in
the TCP/IP DNS Servers list at clients, servers as well at the domain
controllers. Make sure only dc's or servers with the active directory domain
dns zone is in the dns list.

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Christoffer Andersson
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powerthink



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Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:44 am    Post subject: Hi there, Reply with quote

Would you please restart the Server and Printer service.
Regards.
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