Re: Problem connecting Win 7 client to Win 2000 server

Hello whitesmith,

If you like to add a windows 7 machine to a domain, make sure the machine
has the proper ip configuration, please post an unedited ipconfig /all from
the server and the WIndows 7 machine, so we can verify this.

If you add a user account in Active directory users and computers even using
the same name as used on the Windows 7 it is still a complete different one.
A domain user account has nothing to do with the local user account from
Windows 7.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to connect a Win 7 laptop to a Win 2000 server. On the
> server side I went into Domain Management and was able to add the
> workstation user's name to the list of existing users. When I tried to
> add the laptop itself, I found the domain name grayed out. I looked
> all over the place and never found a spot where this information is
> added. Been years since I worked with 2000 & thought the domain name
> goes in automatically in a simple network with no subdomains. And yes
> I tried all this with domain admin privileges.
>
> Many thanks to anyone who can help.
>