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ERRMSG: "No Domain Controller Found" During Windows NT Workstation Setup

Article ID: 197860

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2003

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This article was previously published under Q197860

SYMPTOMS

The following error message is received during the client setup phase for a Windows NT Workstation computer:
No domain controller found.

CAUSE

This problem occurs only on computers that do not have TCP/IP installed initially, that is, NetBEUI bound to a network interface card (NIC), but no TCP/IP.

RESOLUTION

To work around to this problem, restart the client Windows NT Workstation and then rerun the client setup disk.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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