Server problem or Vista???

Before on window xp:

We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with
www.example.com.sb for our testing environment. We still do have staff using
window xp and they can access it fine.

Now on window vista:

When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does not
find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.local (FQDN) then it
works.

Question:

Is there anyway I can get this to work as it did before? If so, please
advice me
on how to do so. Thanks.

In the TCP/IP properties for your NIC, add "name.local" as a DNS suffix.

"Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B898095F-2CB6-4FC3-8913-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Before on window xp:
>
> We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with
> www.example.com.sb for our testing environment. We still do have staff using
> window xp and they can access it fine.
>
> Now on window vista:
>
> When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does not
> find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.local (FQDN) then it
> works.
>
> Question:
>
> Is there anyway I can get this to work as it did before? If so, please
> advice me
> on how to do so. Thanks.
>

Mike, thanks for the suggestion. I did that and still no luck. Any more ideas
or suggestions please post. Thanks again.

Iceman

"Mike Lowery" wrote:

> In the TCP/IP properties for your NIC, add "name.local" as a DNS suffix.
>
> "Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:B898095F-2CB6-4FC3-8913-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Before on window xp:
> >
> > We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with
> > www.example.com.sb for our testing environment. We still do have staff using
> > window xp and they can access it fine.
> >
> > Now on window vista:
> >
> > When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does not
> > find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.local (FQDN) then it
> > works.
> >
> > Question:
> >
> > Is there anyway I can get this to work as it did before? If so, please
> > advice me
> > on how to do so. Thanks.
> >
>
>
>

This is a name resolution issue, so the question is why. Start doing some
testing with "nslookup" to see why you aren't getting what you expect.

"Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E1BFA810-D49E-40A1-9D9E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Mike, thanks for the suggestion. I did that and still no luck. Any more ideas
> or suggestions please post. Thanks again.
>
> Iceman
>
> "Mike Lowery" wrote:
>
>> In the TCP/IP properties for your NIC, add "name.local" as a DNS suffix.
>>
>> "Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:B898095F-2CB6-4FC3-8913-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Before on window xp:
>> >
>> > We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with
>> > www.example.com.sb for our testing environment. We still do have staff
>> > using
>> > window xp and they can access it fine.
>> >
>> > Now on window vista:
>> >
>> > When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does
>> > not
>> > find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.local (FQDN) then it
>> > works.
>> >
>> > Question:
>> >
>> > Is there anyway I can get this to work as it did before? If so, please
>> > advice me
>> > on how to do so. Thanks.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

hi,
on computer name ->more settings write the primary dns suffix
--
Dragos CAMARA
MCSA Windows 2003 server


"Iceman" wrote:

> Mike, thanks for the suggestion. I did that and still no luck. Any more ideas
> or suggestions please post. Thanks again.
>
> Iceman
>
> "Mike Lowery" wrote:
>
> > In the TCP/IP properties for your NIC, add "name.local" as a DNS suffix.
> >
> > "Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:B898095F-2CB6-4FC3-8913-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Before on window xp:
> > >
> > > We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with
> > > www.example.com.sb for our testing environment. We still do have staff using
> > > window xp and they can access it fine.
> > >
> > > Now on window vista:
> > >
> > > When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does not
> > > find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.local (FQDN) then it
> > > works.
> > >
> > > Question:
> > >
> > > Is there anyway I can get this to work as it did before? If so, please
> > > advice me
> > > on how to do so. Thanks.
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Thanks for the suggestion. I have all that setup properly. I put in my xp
harddrive and hit the local site and it works. It is something about vista
naming resolution. Back to testing.

Iceman

"Dragos CAMARA" wrote:

> hi,
> on computer name ->more settings write the primary dns suffix
> --
> Dragos CAMARA
> MCSA Windows 2003 server
>
>
> "Iceman" wrote:
>
> > Mike, thanks for the suggestion. I did that and still no luck. Any more ideas
> > or suggestions please post. Thanks again.
> >
> > Iceman
> >
> > "Mike Lowery" wrote:
> >
> > > In the TCP/IP properties for your NIC, add "name.local" as a DNS suffix.
> > >
> > > "Iceman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:B898095F-2CB6-4FC3-8913-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > > Before on window xp:
> > > >
> > > > We have setup a local intranet where we use to be able to access with
> > > > www.example.com.sb for our testing environment. We still do have staff using
> > > > window xp and they can access it fine.
> > > >
> > > > Now on window vista:
> > > >
> > > > When going to www.example.com.sb, it tries to go out to the web and does not
> > > > find that domain. But if I use www.example.com.sb.name.local (FQDN) then it
> > > > works.
> > > >
> > > > Question:
> > > >
> > > > Is there anyway I can get this to work as it did before? If so, please
> > > > advice me
> > > > on how to do so. Thanks.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >