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Can Not Change Domain in Windows After You Use NETDOM

Article ID: 178635

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q178635

SYMPTOMS

The Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Supplement II includes a command line utility called NETDOM an administrator can use to join a domain from a command line.

If you join a domain with a version of NETDOM earlier than version 1.7, when you change to a different domain by using the Network tool in Control Panel, you may be unable to do so, and you may receive the following error message:

Unable to update local security in order to join domain.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, upgrade to NETDOM version 1.7 or later.

MORE INFORMATION

Windows NT maintains a list of trusted domains. For a workstation, this list contains only one element, the domain of which the workstation is a member.

Prior to version 1.7, NETDOM was not aware of the trusted domain under a domain member. Thereby the GUI checks this information before changing domain.

For more information about NETDOM, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 150493
TITLE : How To Join a Domain From the Command Line

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