Error in logging into a DOMAIN in win 2003 server

mutuah · 07-03-2008, 11:40 AM

Am getting 'system cannot log you on now because the domain STAFFS is not available' error when i try to login in to STAFFS domain. What amazes me is that, if i use the server computer username and password it logins in fine unlike other users am creating who cant even login. I have read alot from various blogs concerning this but they all talk about network cable removed. Am creating domain users and test login using another computer. I have done this for 3 days. Where am i going wrong? My domain is local.

Mutua

**djaburg** · 07-03-2008, 02:04 PM

Make sure that you have the DNS service configured on the server and then make sure that the client computers have the IP address of the server as their DNS server. Typically it's because the workstations cannot find the server by domain name since it's a "local" domain and not one that would be found using your ISP's DNS servers.

07-03-2008, 11:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
mutuah Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: XP	Error in logging into a DOMAIN in win 2003 server Am getting 'system cannot log you on now because the domain STAFFS is not available' error when i try to login in to STAFFS domain. What amazes me is that, if i use the server computer username and password it logins in fine unlike other users am creating who cant even login. I have read alot from various blogs concerning this but they all talk about network cable removed. Am creating domain users and test login using another computer. I have done this for 3 days. Where am i going wrong? My domain is local. Mutua

07-03-2008, 02:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: Error in logging into a DOMAIN in win 2003 server Make sure that you have the DNS service configured on the server and then make sure that the client computers have the IP address of the server as their DNS server. Typically it's because the workstations cannot find the server by domain name since it's a "local" domain and not one that would be found using your ISP's DNS servers. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.