I have Windows Vista Business edition on a new computer that I'm trying to
connect to an existing domain. It's giving me nothing but grief.

I've setup an account on the machine as a local administrator for the
machine. The username and password are the same as a username and password
on the domain.

when I enter the domain name, I get the Windows Security window asking my
username and password.
Entered.

It responds with "Logon failu unknown username or bad password". I've
tried various combinations of "domainname\username", "domainname/username"
(mostly because I can never remember which way the slash goes),
"administrator" for username, and even created a new user on the domain with
admin rights. Nothing works.

The network (in the Vista machine) is setup for a private network, with
network discovery on, file sharing on, purlic folder sharing on and password
protected sharing off.

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much hair left, but I'm about to pull
that out too.

Several weeks ago, I sucessfully connected my laptop with Vista Ultimate
with no problem at all.

Hi there. Can you go to Start right-click Computer Properties Change
settings Network ID and then follow the prompts?

Thanks,
Gloria

--
Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance
Microsoft Corporation

"RR2" wrote in message
...
I have Windows Vista Business edition on a new computer that I'm trying to
connect to an existing domain. It's giving me nothing but grief.

I've setup an account on the machine as a local administrator for the
machine. The username and password are the same as a username and
password on the domain.

when I enter the domain name, I get the Windows Security window asking my
username and password.
Entered.

It responds with "Logon failu unknown username or bad password". I've
tried various combinations of "domainname\username", "domainname/username"
(mostly because I can never remember which way the slash goes),
"administrator" for username, and even created a new user on the domain
with admin rights. Nothing works.

The network (in the Vista machine) is setup for a private network, with
network discovery on, file sharing on, purlic folder sharing on and
password protected sharing off.

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much hair left, but I'm about to pull
that out too.

Several weeks ago, I sucessfully connected my laptop with Vista Ultimate
with no problem at all.

Yes, that's the way I tried it, but it never liked the logins I was using.


"Gloria Boyer [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi there. Can you go to Start right-click Computer Properties Change
settings Network ID and then follow the prompts?

Thanks,
Gloria

--
Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance
Microsoft Corporation

"RR2" wrote in message
...
I have Windows Vista Business edition on a new computer that I'm trying to
connect to an existing domain. It's giving me nothing but grief.

I've setup an account on the machine as a local administrator for the
machine. The username and password are the same as a username and
password on the domain.

when I enter the domain name, I get the Windows Security window asking my
username and password.
Entered.

It responds with "Logon failu unknown username or bad password". I've
tried various combinations of "domainname\username",
"domainname/username" (mostly because I can never remember which way the
slash goes), "administrator" for username, and even created a new user on
the domain with admin rights. Nothing works.

The network (in the Vista machine) is setup for a private network, with
network discovery on, file sharing on, purlic folder sharing on and
password protected sharing off.

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much hair left, but I'm about to
pull that out too.

Several weeks ago, I sucessfully connected my laptop with Vista Ultimate
with no problem at all.

Check the Event Viewer in DC for any errors and post back with the Event ID and details.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"RR2" wrote in message ...
Yes, that's the way I tried it, but it never liked the logins I was using.


"Gloria Boyer [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi there. Can you go to Start right-click Computer Properties Change
settings Network ID and then follow the prompts?

Thanks,
Gloria

--
Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance
Microsoft Corporation

"RR2" wrote in message
...
I have Windows Vista Business edition on a new computer that I'm trying to
connect to an existing domain. It's giving me nothing but grief.

I've setup an account on the machine as a local administrator for the
machine. The username and password are the same as a username and
password on the domain.

when I enter the domain name, I get the Windows Security window asking my
username and password.
Entered.

It responds with "Logon failu unknown username or bad password". I've
tried various combinations of "domainname\username",
"domainname/username" (mostly because I can never remember which way the
slash goes), "administrator" for username, and even created a new user on
the domain with admin rights. Nothing works.

The network (in the Vista machine) is setup for a private network, with
network discovery on, file sharing on, purlic folder sharing on and
password protected sharing off.

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much hair left, but I'm about to
pull that out too.

Several weeks ago, I sucessfully connected my laptop with Vista Ultimate
with no problem at all.

This morning, I managed to get it working right with no problem, but by
doing the same things I did yesterday.
1. created a new name for the computer.
2. added that computer to the domain via the server (NT-4)
3. told Vista to join the domain
4. BINGO, it worked, just like it was supposed to.

Yesterday, I did those same steps and it wouldn't work. Go figure.


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote in message
...
Check the Event Viewer in DC for any errors and post back with the Event ID
and details.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"RR2" wrote in message
...
Yes, that's the way I tried it, but it never liked the logins I was using.


"Gloria Boyer [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hi there. Can you go to Start right-click Computer Properties
Change
settings Network ID and then follow the prompts?

Thanks,
Gloria

--
Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance
Microsoft Corporation

"RR2" wrote in message
...
I have Windows Vista Business edition on a new computer that I'm trying
to
connect to an existing domain. It's giving me nothing but grief.

I've setup an account on the machine as a local administrator for the
machine. The username and password are the same as a username and
password on the domain.

when I enter the domain name, I get the Windows Security window asking
my
username and password.
Entered.

It responds with "Logon failu unknown username or bad password".
I've
tried various combinations of "domainname\username",
"domainname/username" (mostly because I can never remember which way
the
slash goes), "administrator" for username, and even created a new user
on
the domain with admin rights. Nothing works.

The network (in the Vista machine) is setup for a private network, with
network discovery on, file sharing on, purlic folder sharing on and
password protected sharing off.

What am I doing wrong? I don't have much hair left, but I'm about to
pull that out too.

Several weeks ago, I sucessfully connected my laptop with Vista
Ultimate
with no problem at all.