Unable to connect to a domain

Well,
This is the first time of trying to use Windows 2003
small business server. I have been having difficulties in
joining the client computers running XP professional to
the domain. The following error occur at the end of the
name change " the specified server cannot perform the
requested operation" The server has 5 users license and
this is the first computer to be joined to the domain.
what do i need to do
Newbie

Can you ping the server by name and get replies?
Are you logging in with an account that has local administrative access?
Does the server and do all workstations point only to the internal DNS
server's IP address (i.e., no internet DNS servers) with forwarders set up
in the DNS server itself to your ISP's DNS servers?

JHEATH wrote:
> Well,
> This is the first time of trying to use Windows 2003
> small business server. I have been having difficulties in
> joining the client computers running XP professional to
> the domain. The following error occur at the end of the
> name change " the specified server cannot perform the
> requested operation" The server has 5 users license and
> this is the first computer to be joined to the domain.
> what do i need to do
> Newbie

Hi
You can get this error message if the SRV records are creating on the DNS
server for the domain, or the client is not configured to use the DNS
server for the domain.

816106 How to Verify an Active Directory Installation in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816106

Remember the XP clients have to be configured to use the SBS Server for
DNS. The default for SBS is to install DHCP and configure it to do so, but
I'm not sure if your client is a DHCP client or not.

Thank you,

Alan Wood[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Can you please check the event viewer, on the server, and inform, any EVENT
IDs, listed there as errors?

Sharad
"JHEATH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Well,
> This is the first time of trying to use Windows 2003
> small business server. I have been having difficulties in
> joining the client computers running XP professional to
> the domain. The following error occur at the end of the
> name change " the specified server cannot perform the
> requested operation" The server has 5 users license and
> this is the first computer to be joined to the domain.
> what do i need to do
> Newbie