Computer cannot join domain - Unattended install.

[Br4tt3]

Hi!

I am using an unattended install CD/DVD to install Windows 2003 SP1 into our domain. The CD/DVD is working smoothly on all other machine models except the new models from Dell. I have added drivers for the NIC but the unattended install fails to create the temp AD account during install. I have specified the:

[Identification]
JoinDomain=MyDomain.com

into the unattend file. However, I have succesfull in adding the new models as well a coupple of time, but it fails most of the times. When reading the c:\windows\debug\netsetup.log file, I can find the following entries:

LOG BEGIN:

08/18 08:50:19 NetpDoDomainJoin

08/18 08:50:19 NetpMachineValidToJoin: 'MyCompany-VM1NWO8BV9'

08/18 08:50:19 NetpGetLsaPrimaryDomain: status: 0x0

08/18 08:50:19 NetpMachineValidToJoin: status: 0x0

08/18 08:50:19 NetpJoinDomain

08/18 08:50:19 Machine: MyCompany-VM1NWO8BV9

08/18 08:50:19 Domain: MyDomain.com

08/18 08:50:19 MachineAccountOU: (NULL)

08/18 08:50:19 Account: MyDomain.com\MyComputerAccounter

08/18 08:50:19 Options: 0x40001

08/18 08:50:19 OS Version: 5.2

08/18 08:50:19 Build number: 3790

08/18 08:50:19 ServicePack: Service Pack 1

08/18 08:50:19 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'MyDomain.com' is valid as type 3 name

08/18 08:50:19 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for 'MyDomain.com' returned 0x0

08/18 08:50:19 NetpValidateName: name 'MyDomain.com' is valid for type 3

08/18 08:50:19 NetpDsGetDcName: trying to find DC in domain 'MyDomain.com', flags: 0x1020

08/18 08:50:23 NetpDsGetDcName: failed to find a DC having account 'MyCompany-VM1NWO8BV9$': 0x525

08/18 08:50:23 NetpDsGetDcName: found DC '\\DCSEHBG-NT6002.MyDomain.com' in the specified domain

08/18 08:50:23 NetpJoinDomain: status of connecting to dc '\\DCSEHBG-NT6002.MyDomain.com': 0x0

08/18 08:50:23 NetpGetLsaPrimaryDomain: status: 0x0

08/18 08:50:23 NetpGetDnsHostName: Read NV Hostname: MyCompany-vm1nwo8bv9

08/18 08:50:23 NetpGetDnsHostName: PrimaryDnsSuffix defaulted to DNS domain name: MyDomain.com

08/18 08:50:23 NetpLsaOpenSecret: status: 0xc0000034

08/18 08:50:23 SamLookupNamesInDomain on MyCompany-VM1NWO8BV9$ failed with 0xc0000073

08/18 08:50:23 NetpJoinDomain: status of setting machine password: 0x534

08/18 08:50:23 NetpJoinDomain: initiaing a rollback due to earlier errors

08/18 08:50:23 NetpLsaOpenSecret: status: 0x0

08/18 08:50:23 NetpJoinDomain: rollback: status of deleting secret: 0x0

08/18 08:50:23 NetpJoinDomain: status of disconnecting from '\\DCSEHBG-NT6002.MyDomain.com': 0x0

08/18 08:50:23 NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x534

LOG END:

I am almost certain that it is a case of either a bad driver for the NIC (that only sometimes is fast enoguh to get an Ip and join the computer to the domain) or the network switches that are messed up... strange thing, when in installing another model onto the same switch port, everything works, but when changing the "none working" model to a working port, it fails...

Driver or? some one know any good way to proceed troubblshooting this one?

[allen2]

Did you tried to manually insert it into the domain when the unattended installation failed ?

You should also check the network connexion parameter after a failed install, sometimes the driver default network parameter override user settings.

Hope it helps.