Event ID 5770 When Installing New Member Server (175957)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q175957

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to add a new server computer to a Windows NT domain, the operation fails. Event ID 5770 appears in the event log: 

   The session setup to the Windows NT Domain Controller <PDC_NAME> from
   computer <WORKSTATION> using account <MACHINENAME$> failed.
   <MACHINENAME> is declared to be a BDC in domain <DOMAIN2>. However,
   <MACHINENAME$> tried to connect as either a DC in a trusted domain, a
   member workstation in domain <DOMAIN2>, or as a server in domain
   <DOMAIN2>. Use the Server Manager to remove the BDC account for
   <MACHINENAME>.

CAUSE

The name you are trying to use was previously in use by a LAN Manager domain controller. The machine name MACHINENAME$ exists in the domain accounts database, having been migrated from the LAN Manager accounts database.

RESOLUTION

Using User Manager for Domains, delete the MACHINENAME$ account from the domain accounts database. Reset the machine account, if necessary, by deleting and recreating it in Server Manager.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/14/2003
Keywords:kbprb KB175957
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