Make sure the Win98 machines have the WINS Server in their network
settings,...make sure the Servers all use the same WINS in thier network
settings as well. The WINS Server is the "common ground" that they meet on.
Win98 is WINS/Netbios Based,....not DNS Based.
--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com
"Joe" <jbcandullo(nospam)@mmadisonservices.com> wrote in message
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> Hey Everyone,
> I LAN had and NT 4.0 PDC and I removed it and configured a W2KS Server
with
> DHCP,DNS,WINS and all the new computer accounts and user accounts. I made
> sure of all patches and installed the ADSI patch from the resource kit to
> the win98 & winme units. The problem is that some of the windows 98
> machines recognize the new"w2k3 domain" and can access the server shares
and
> some of the win98machines cannot access the new"w2k3 domain". The only
> communication protocols is TCP/IP. Sometimes when I reboot the windows 98
> machines they recognize the new domain and can access shared resources on
> the 2003 server for only a short period of time then I loose the
connection.
> Are their any specific instructions on how to configure windows 98 units
to
> a 2003 domain? I may be doing something wrong in network neighborhood
> properties and not realizing it. Humbly appreiciate any suggestions. Thank
> you.
>
> Joey
>
>