On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:58:09 -0800, CDE <CDE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>There are about 24 computers on my direct LAN 90% running XP pro - rest are
>out in shop nt 4.0.. all are connected through switches and hubs. The two
>computers in question are located on the same floor and on same switch. There
>are two different users on these. I just checked the application event viewer
>and I see EVENT ID 1054
>
>Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network.
>(The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. ).
>Group Policy processing aborted.
>
>For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
>I checked the links and will look into that further....
>
>Originally I thought I was losing connections through the switch somehow..
>So I bought a gigaswitch and put my server and the the two stations strictly
>on that switch uplink. Although the speed is great now I still lose
>connection to other mapped shares that point to the server itself as well as
>other printers on other networked computers. No software has been installed I
>have not swapped users either
>
> I appreciate your input and will look into the links you provided for
>solutions

The error "...domain either does not exist..." is well known here. You have to
figure out why it's unique (?) to 2 computers though.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-xp-on-nt-domain.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...nt-domain.html

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