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Event ID 1054: Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your
computer network. (The specified domain either does not exist or could not
be contacted). Group Policy processing aborted.
Symptoms: Your XP computer may experience an extremely slow logon when
connecting to the domain. You also receive the Event ID 1054 in the
application event log:
Event ID: 1054
Source: Userenv
Type: Error
Description:
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.
(The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted).
Group Policy processing aborted.
Resolutions: This is mostly like DNS issue and it occurs because the client
may not be able to reach the DNS or the configured preferred DNS server on
the client is not valid. If all XP computers have the same problem, check
the DNS server settings; if only a few xp computers have this problem, make
sure they have correct DNS settings. You may use ipconfig or nslookup to
troubleshoot.
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"Flavia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:450501c4891c$afc59e30$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a Windows 2000 Domain Server with AD. We added a
> Windows 2003 server with IIS 6 to host an intranet
> website. I can access all the machines in the local
> intranet from the network neighborhood. The application
> log has the following Error:
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 1054
> Date: 8/20/2004
> Time: 11:00:25 AM
> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Computer: Computer1
> Description:
> Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your
> computer network. (The specified domain either does not
> exist or could not be contacted. ). Group Policy
> processing aborted.
>
> Please Help!