Unable to contact domain controller

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"" wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I have a Sony Vaio laptop running XP pro. Our business network
> is a named
> domain with approx. 30 other computers connected.
>
> When I attempt to connect to our business network I am
> receiving the
> following error message.
>
> Network Identification Wizard
> A domain controller for the domain OURNAME could not be
> contacted.
> Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly
> If the name is correct click Details for troubleshooting
> information.
>
> The domain is correct. The network connection is good.
> Clicking on the
> details button locks up the error message screen. Clicking on
> the close
> button for the window brings up the system message the this is
> not
> responding. Clicking end task does nothing. The system has not
> totally froze
> at this point so I still have the ability to do other things
> on this
> machine.
>
> Any ideas of what to do to get this machine into my domain?
> LWhite

How is the laptop connected to the network physicly, wired LAN, or
Wireless LAN, give us a clue.

Any way, if it’s a wired LAN, and you unplug the laptop from the
network, that is why, if it’s a WLAN and you take it home or out of
range of the access poaint, again that is why. For to access the
domain you must be connected to the network.

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