The same deployer account is used in the XP deployment as is used in the Vista deployment. Is there a reason why when Vista is installed just on these Optiplexes that our deployer account cannot join the computer to the domain whether during the install or post-install , but a domain administrator can? If there is a reason, is there a way to fix this problem? Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Script Center. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question.
Quick access. Search related threads. If I turned the Firewall O n at the server, the Vista machine just would not join the domain. When I turned the firewall O f f the Vista machines joined the main without any trouble.
For me, this discovery finally sealed the message The following error occurred attempting to join the domain as a firewall problem. See SolarWinds Firewall Browser ». Creating a computer account in Active Directory While there is no harm in creating a computer account in the name of the machine that you want to join to the domain, this is neither essential, nor is it the root cause of this error.
The only problem that creating a computer solves, is if the account that tries to join the Vista machine to the domain is NOT a Domain Admin.
Even in this situation, Vista provides a dialog box so that you can enter the name of Domain Admin and thus overcome permission problems. In my troubleshooting experiments the key to persuading a Vista machine to join an Active Directory domain was turning off the firewall at the Windows Server end.
In my opinion The following error occurred attempting to join the domain is most likely to be a firewall problem. Improved Windows Explorer. Finding Tools Menu and Explorer Settings. How to Create Virtual Folders. Desktop Tips and Tricks. Vista Documents and Special Folders. Sidebar and Gadgets. Check Performance with ipMonitor. Printer Install Problems.
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