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DWalker · Guest

Help!

I just reinstalled Windows 2000 Advanced Server (new motherboard to
replace the somewhat unstable old one). All service packs and updates,
everything seemed to work fine, DCPROMO seemed to work.

Now a few things are odd, rebooting takes 5 minutes of "preparing
network connections". But most things work fine except for event log
entries that says Windows cannot determine the user or computer name,
and default group policy object cannot be created.

The problem is most likely that there are no shares named SYSVOL and
NETLOGON.

This is a very simple system. It is the Active Directory domain
controller, the only domain controller, and the only server (it supports
8 client computers). It is the DNS server. There's no Exchange server,
no IIS, and at 2.4 GHz and 512MB memory, I don't think it will be
overloaded. :-)

The users don't use anything on the netlogon share; we don't run any
logon scripts. But I suppose the share should exist, along with SYSVOL.

I read article http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;315457 about rebuilding the SYSVOL tree and its contents in a domain.

Good grief that's a complicated article. I don't have any replication
to worry about, and the folders are there. But how am I supposed to
"verify" that the reparse points are there? Article says:

"b. Verify that the following reparse points exist:
\SYSVOL\SYSVOL\ DNS Domain Name
This reparse point must be linked to the \SYSVOL\domain folder.

\SYSVOL\staging\DNS Domain Name
This reparse point must be linked to the \SYSVOL\staging\domain folder.

I know what reparse points are, how do I verify that they point to the
right thing? There appears a folder call \SYSVOL\SYSVOL\<My domain
name>, and I suppose that's the reparse point.

If I'm supposed to use LINKD to verify the reparse points, that's a
problem: I don't have LINKD on my system, and I installed the support
tools from the CD.

The next problem is that the article says to also use the ntfrsutl tool
(although in the next sentence it's called the ntfrsutil tool, spelled
differently). That tool doesn't come with Windows 2000 Advanced Server,
even in the support tools (using either spelling), and I can't find it
for download.

Lastly, I have read, in the vastness of the Internet, that I should not
use Windows Explorer to manually recreate those shares. So I am stuck
following this complex KB article that talks about replication partners,
and what to do if you have more than 15 "downstream partners of any
particular source domain controlle", when all I probably need is these
shares re-created.

Any suggestions? Any simple way out of this situation?

Thanks for any advice.

David Walker

DWalker · Guest

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <noreply@hotmail.com> wrote in
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DWalker · Guest

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Robert L [MS-MVP] · Guest

run dcdiag and netdiag. post back with any errors.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
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Help!

I just reinstalled Windows 2000 Advanced Server (new motherboard to
replace the somewhat unstable old one). All service packs and updates,
everything seemed to work fine, DCPROMO seemed to work.

Now a few things are odd, rebooting takes 5 minutes of "preparing
network connections". But most things work fine except for event log
entries that says Windows cannot determine the user or computer name,
and default group policy object cannot be created.

The problem is most likely that there are no shares named SYSVOL and
NETLOGON.

This is a very simple system. It is the Active Directory domain
controller, the only domain controller, and the only server (it supports
8 client computers). It is the DNS server. There's no Exchange server,
no IIS, and at 2.4 GHz and 512MB memory, I don't think it will be
overloaded. :-)

The users don't use anything on the netlogon share; we don't run any
logon scripts. But I suppose the share should exist, along with SYSVOL.

I read article http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;315457 about rebuilding the SYSVOL tree and its contents in a domain.

Good grief that's a complicated article. I don't have any replication
to worry about, and the folders are there. But how am I supposed to
"verify" that the reparse points are there? Article says:

"b. Verify that the following reparse points exist:
\SYSVOL\SYSVOL\ DNS Domain Name
This reparse point must be linked to the \SYSVOL\domain folder.

\SYSVOL\staging\DNS Domain Name
This reparse point must be linked to the \SYSVOL\staging\domain folder.

I know what reparse points are, how do I verify that they point to the
right thing? There appears a folder call \SYSVOL\SYSVOL\<My domain
name>, and I suppose that's the reparse point.

If I'm supposed to use LINKD to verify the reparse points, that's a
problem: I don't have LINKD on my system, and I installed the support
tools from the CD.

The next problem is that the article says to also use the ntfrsutl tool
(although in the next sentence it's called the ntfrsutil tool, spelled
differently). That tool doesn't come with Windows 2000 Advanced Server,
even in the support tools (using either spelling), and I can't find it
for download.

Lastly, I have read, in the vastness of the Internet, that I should not
use Windows Explorer to manually recreate those shares. So I am stuck
following this complex KB article that talks about replication partners,
and what to do if you have more than 15 "downstream partners of any
particular source domain controlle", when all I probably need is these
shares re-created.

Any suggestions? Any simple way out of this situation?

Thanks for any advice.

David Walker

DWalker · Guest

Any advice from anyone after seeing the DCDIAG and NETDIAG results I
posted?

Should I run DCPromo to un-promote and re-promote the domain controller?

Thanks.

David Walker

DWalker · Guest

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