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christopher_board@yahoo.co.uk
Hi all. I am having a few technical difficulties concerning our
Primary Domain Controller at logon.
Our network is currently set up with 2 domain controllers one which
has the DHCP and the DNS configured on it. The second domain
controller only has the DNS configured on it. Where I work is a school
so we have GPO set up to redirect the desktop folder and the programs
menu to a location on the server. The desktop and programs gets
redirected to the primary domain controller which has the DNS and the
DHCP configured on it.
This works most of the time and re-directs the folders to the server
but sometimes it does fail and redirect it and then when you refresh
the desktop the desktop and the programs menu drops out. However in
two of the rooms it is the worst where it always fails. However when I
redirect the foldrers to a location on the second domain controller it
works absolutely fine without ever failing.
When you log onto a computer within the two rooms that had the worst
problem it comes up with a balloon message the says currently working
offline with the name of the primary domain controller. When you go on
to start then run and then type in \\servername which is the server
name of the primary domain controller it should have about 6 shares
appear. However only 1 of them appear but when you try and get into
it, it comes up saying access denied. However when you type in to the
run command \\ip address which is the ip address to the primary domain
controller all the shares appear and works fine. However I can ping
the primary domain controller by name and IP address without it losing
any packets.
When I look at the registry I find a registry key called LogonServer
which has the name of the domain controller. I did try and change the
registry key so it pointed to the second domain controller but
whenever I log back in again it changes the registry key back to the
primary domain controller.
Is there away that I can force that computer alone to log on to the
secondary domain controller and stop it from logging onto the primary
domain controller without having to change any settings on the actual
domain controller itself.
Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated.
Thank you
Primary Domain Controller at logon.
Our network is currently set up with 2 domain controllers one which
has the DHCP and the DNS configured on it. The second domain
controller only has the DNS configured on it. Where I work is a school
so we have GPO set up to redirect the desktop folder and the programs
menu to a location on the server. The desktop and programs gets
redirected to the primary domain controller which has the DNS and the
DHCP configured on it.
This works most of the time and re-directs the folders to the server
but sometimes it does fail and redirect it and then when you refresh
the desktop the desktop and the programs menu drops out. However in
two of the rooms it is the worst where it always fails. However when I
redirect the foldrers to a location on the second domain controller it
works absolutely fine without ever failing.
When you log onto a computer within the two rooms that had the worst
problem it comes up with a balloon message the says currently working
offline with the name of the primary domain controller. When you go on
to start then run and then type in \\servername which is the server
name of the primary domain controller it should have about 6 shares
appear. However only 1 of them appear but when you try and get into
it, it comes up saying access denied. However when you type in to the
run command \\ip address which is the ip address to the primary domain
controller all the shares appear and works fine. However I can ping
the primary domain controller by name and IP address without it losing
any packets.
When I look at the registry I find a registry key called LogonServer
which has the name of the domain controller. I did try and change the
registry key so it pointed to the second domain controller but
whenever I log back in again it changes the registry key back to the
primary domain controller.
Is there away that I can force that computer alone to log on to the
secondary domain controller and stop it from logging onto the primary
domain controller without having to change any settings on the actual
domain controller itself.
Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated.
Thank you