Connecting a Windows XP Professional PC to a Windows Server

kap061

Hi, I have recently begun studying for my first mcp. I am doing 70-290 and am having some trouble connecting my xp pro machine to the windows 2003 domain. I have physically connected both machines using a crossover cable and have verified that the connection works fine. You can map a network drive and see shared folders etc. You can ping each other.
However when I try to add the xp pro machine to the windows 2003 domain it wont let me. I have tried adding a computer in server 2003 with the IP address and when you try viewing shared folders etc you get error messages like "Access Denied". I think there must be some configuration that needs to be done on both sides to make this work but I am not sure what steps need to be taken.
Any help much appreciated.

eurotrash

i assume you've installed DNS on the server. configure your XP machine to use your server as its primary DNS server.

kap061

at first we did not have DNS installed on the server but since have installed DNS. How would you go about configuring the XP machine to use your server as its primary DNS server.?

eurotrash

local area connection > properties
double click TCP/IP, choose use the following DNS server addresses and type the ip address of your server under the preferred DNS server.


see these articles for more info.
http://www.petri.co.il/requirements_when_joining_a_domain.htm
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/wxpjoind.htm
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Microsoft_Network/Q_20890765.html

kap061

Thanks very much for your help.. I will give this a go and post a new message if required.


Thanks Again!!

eurotrash

one more thing...can i assume you also created a primary zone for your domain on your dns server? with perhaps dynamic updates allowed?

kap061

i'm very much a beginner to this and not to familar with zones, I have not created a primary zone, is this something I need to do?

eurotrash

yes, you need to create a primary zone for your domain.
i'd suggest you read this to make sure you get everything right.

kap061

Thanks

texasmcdst

Did you by chance run dcpromo on the server? It has to be a domain controller in order to login to a domain. Running dcpromo installs AD and prompts you to install DNS. I noticed you wrote you added DNS later, but saw no mention that you ran dc promo or added active directory, which is the result of dcpromo.

This is just a thought.