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wswingle
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:18 am    Post subject: Connect Computer Error Reply with quote
Setting up a new sbs 2003 server and 3 clients. Upon connecting last computer
with \\server\connectcomputer things seemed to go well but after rebooting I
ended up with a new user account _sbs_user or something like that and the
computer is not connected to the domain. It seems that the connection failed
at the automatic reboot.

Now when I redo \\server\connectcomputer I make a connection, choose the
user, enter password, and assign the computer. I then get the information
summary of what is about to happen the hit next to proceed. At this point I
get the error "an error occured when configuring networking settings. See
your network administrator."

The client computer has been stand alone for the past year, has dial-up
internet access. I've made sure that the firewall is disabled, ip address and
dns both dynamically assigned just like the other 2 computers that connected
successfully and configured.

I also tried to then manually join the domain without the wizard and the
error was similiar: "The following error occurred attempting to join the
omain "csll.local": The network path was not found.

Any ideas? Should I delete this new account and try again?

Bill
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Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:18 am    Post subject: Re: Connect Computer Error Reply with quote
In news:44A7A064-F8B7-4CAD-8852-33B32FE91BFA@microsoft.com,
wswingle <billswingle@softhome.net.nospam> wrote:

Quote:
Setting up a new sbs 2003 server and 3 clients. Upon connecting last
computer with \\server\connectcomputer things seemed to go well but
after rebooting I ended up with a new user account _sbs_user or
something like that and the computer is not connected to the domain.
It seems that the connection failed at the automatic reboot.

Now when I redo \\server\connectcomputer I make a connection, choose
the user, enter password, and assign the computer. I then get the
information summary of what is about to happen the hit next to
proceed. At this point I get the error "an error occured when
configuring networking settings. See your network administrator."

The client computer has been stand alone for the past year, has
dial-up internet access. I've made sure that the firewall is
disabled, ip address and dns both dynamically assigned just like the
other 2 computers that connected successfully and configured.

I also tried to then manually join the domain without the wizard
and the error was similiar: "The following error occurred attempting
to join the omain "csll.local": The network path was not found.

Can you post the output of ipconfig /all from your workstation?

--
Mari�tte Knap - MVP
http://www.smallbizserver.net
Take part in SBS forum:
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=154
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Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:18 am    Post subject: Re: Connect Computer Error Reply with quote
how many nics in your Server? what are they connected to?
Can you post the IP config /all of your server and your workstation that is
acting up?

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Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
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"wswingle" <billswingle@softhome.net.nospam> wrote in message
news:44A7A064-F8B7-4CAD-8852-33B32FE91BFA@microsoft.com...
Quote:
Setting up a new sbs 2003 server and 3 clients. Upon connecting last
computer
with \\server\connectcomputer things seemed to go well but after rebooting
I
ended up with a new user account _sbs_user or something like that and the
computer is not connected to the domain. It seems that the connection
failed
at the automatic reboot.

Now when I redo \\server\connectcomputer I make a connection, choose the
user, enter password, and assign the computer. I then get the information
summary of what is about to happen the hit next to proceed. At this point
I
get the error "an error occured when configuring networking settings. See
your network administrator."

The client computer has been stand alone for the past year, has dial-up
internet access. I've made sure that the firewall is disabled, ip address
and
dns both dynamically assigned just like the other 2 computers that
connected
successfully and configured.

I also tried to then manually join the domain without the wizard and the
error was similiar: "The following error occurred attempting to join the
omain "csll.local": The network path was not found.

Any ideas? Should I delete this new account and try again?

Bill
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wswingle
Guest
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:57 am    Post subject: Re: Connect Computer Error Reply with quote
Mariette and Chris,
I resolved the problem. As I said this computer had been in operation for
the past year. What I did not notice is that the Norton Anti-Virus was not
operating correctly. There was no icon in the task bar indicating that it was
even doing it's work but upon closer inspection when I reviewed the Norton
settings it was infact set on Auto and was probably working unseen in the
background.
I uninstalled Norton since I could not temporarily disable it and the ran
\\server\connectcomputer without any problems. I then reinstalled Norton and
did a full virus scan - just in case. I've seen Norton get wigged out before
and cause network problems with database access. If I had seen the Norton
icon in the task bar I would have disabled it before starting the install
just to be safe.

Thanks for your quick response(s) and I hope this information helps
someone else. I would guess it is always good to disable Anti-Virus before
attempting the connectcomputer task.

Bill



"Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Quote:
In news:44A7A064-F8B7-4CAD-8852-33B32FE91BFA@microsoft.com,
wswingle <billswingle@softhome.net.nospam> wrote:

Setting up a new sbs 2003 server and 3 clients. Upon connecting last
computer with \\server\connectcomputer things seemed to go well but
after rebooting I ended up with a new user account _sbs_user or
something like that and the computer is not connected to the domain.
It seems that the connection failed at the automatic reboot.

Now when I redo \\server\connectcomputer I make a connection, choose
the user, enter password, and assign the computer. I then get the
information summary of what is about to happen the hit next to
proceed. At this point I get the error "an error occured when
configuring networking settings. See your network administrator."

The client computer has been stand alone for the past year, has
dial-up internet access. I've made sure that the firewall is
disabled, ip address and dns both dynamically assigned just like the
other 2 computers that connected successfully and configured.

I also tried to then manually join the domain without the wizard
and the error was similiar: "The following error occurred attempting
to join the omain "csll.local": The network path was not found.

Can you post the output of ipconfig /all from your workstation?

--
Mariëtte Knap - MVP
http://www.smallbizserver.net
Take part in SBS forum:
http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=154


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