DOCUMENT:Q155886 08-AUG-2001 [winnt] TITLE :Domain Controller Not Found When Using DNS PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER:winnt:3.51 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== You have configured your Windows NT Workstation or Member Server to participate in a domain. You only have a domain controller across an IP router and you resolve the name of the domain with Domain Name System (DNS). As soon as possible, log on. You can also configure the computer for AutoAdminLogon. After some time you receive the message that a domain controller cannot be found. If you have logged on before, you will be logged on using cached information. If you log off and try to log on, after a while, you will be able to log on successfully. CAUSE ===== When Windows NT starts, the network services begin when the dialog box "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to log on" appears. The component in Windows NT that sends DNS requests starts later in this process, so the logon process runs into a time-out and stops waiting for the connection to the domain controller. RESOLUTION ========== WARNING: Using the Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system- wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of the Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk. Add the "Group" value type REG_MULI_SZ with the entry "TDI" under the following two registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \LMHOSTS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Services \TCPIP This information does not apply to Windows NT 4.0 because the needed registry entries exist by default. Additional query words: prodnt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT351search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS351search Version : winnt:3.51 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.