Weird Error *Domain not avaliable*

[Bradtechonline]

Only on a certain amount of PC's in a lab I get the error message only for certain user accounts that says *domain "name" unavaliable*. I have reset the computer accounts in Active Directory Users and Computers, along with rejoining the domain, and still get the same error on the computers only for certain user accounts.

I have zero connectivity issues with my domain controller, and my DNS records are fine. Anyone else ever encounter this issue?

 

[rasczak]

how about connectivity with those computers in question? how is that? are you able to ping your DC from those problem computers? Have you flushed the dns cache and re-resgitered the dns cache on those machines?

 

[cleverhandle]

It's a connectivity or DNS problem. The only reason you're seeing it with particular usernames is that some users have logged in at those stations before and have locally cached credentials. Thus they can still login without needing to contact the domain controller.

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: cleverhandle
It's a connectivity or DNS problem. The only reason you're seeing it with particular usernames is that some users have logged in at those stations before and have locally cached credentials. Thus they can still login without needing to contact the domain controller.

good call, I would log in as a local admin and check DNS stuff