Connecting Windows 7 to Windows Server 2003 Domain.

P

Pcmanrules

New member
Local time
1:13 PM
Messages
4
Hi there,

I am testing some of our computers on our school system and got to the stage of joining it to our domain. They joined fine but the domain had never been connected to vista or windows 7 so it tried to upgrade itself. This crashed the server because it only had permission to change the sub domain. Is there any way to join without this effect happening or could someone at least tell me in more detail what happened?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
3.0GHz Core 2 Duo E4600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Memory
SuperTalent 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq 2420HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200.11
PSU
Corsair HX450W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Stock
Internet Speed
ADSL 2+
Other Info
Have a laptop too.
Which server version(s) are you running over there? Server 2003 or Server 2003 R2?

I work in IT at my uni, and we have an eclectic mix - but I have joined countless machines here that are running Vista to the AD (previously it was Server 2003, but we recently (2 months ago?) upgraded our DCs to 2003 R2 - and have never had this happen before....

however, I could talk to our network admin tomorrow to see if he had already previously performed some sort of patch to allow for Vista based machines to join the domain....
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    The Beast Model A (homebrew)
    OS
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    Motherboard
    MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
    Memory
    4 * 32 GB - Corsair Vengeance 3600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING (12G-P5-3955-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2x Eve Spectrum ES07D03 4K Gaming Monitor (Matte) | Eve Spec
    Screen Resolution
    3x 3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    3x Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 2 TB SSD (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) } 3x Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1 TB SSD
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling’s Silencer Series 1050 Watt, 80 Plus Plat
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower Case
    Cooling
    SteelSeries Apex Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard
    Keyboard
    SteelSeries Apex Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3S | MX Master 3 for business
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender + MB 3
    Browser
    Nightly (default) + Firefox (stable),Chrome, Edge
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Dell Latitude E5470
    OS
    ChromeOS Flex Dev Channel (current)
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 + RealTek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell laptop display 15"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 128GB M.2 22300 drive
    INTEL Cherryville 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SATA III SSD
    PSU
    Dell
    Case
    Dell
    Cooling
    Dell
    Keyboard
    Dell
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3S (shared w. Sys 1) | Dell TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
Thanks for the reply,

I am unsure if the server is R2 or not but all our infostructure at this campus is 2006+. I am trying to connect a Windows 7 RC and the server has never seen vista.

I'm not 100% on what happened at the server end except that it crashed while updating without permission the main domain controller. I would really like to know what to do in this situation.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
3.0GHz Core 2 Duo E4600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Memory
SuperTalent 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq 2420HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200.11
PSU
Corsair HX450W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Stock
Internet Speed
ADSL 2+
Other Info
Have a laptop too.
Disabling the automatic update, would be a good start :)
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 dual with XP SP2 ((Highly Custom))
CPU
Intel Core2Duo e7300 sometimes @ 3.33Ghtz
Motherboard
Gigabyte G31M-S2L
Memory
2gb Kingston HyperX
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 9800GT 1gb
Sound Card
Onboard Realtech AC97 High Definition codec
Monitor(s) Displays
HP P1120 21" CRT
Screen Resolution
1600x1200
Hard Drives
WD 250gb caviar
WD 500GB SATAII
PSU
Gigabyte bundled 550w
Case
Gigabyte Generic
Cooling
stock
Keyboard
POS $25 cheapo because i type too fast, wears down kb's
Mouse
M$ Intellipoint 1.1 5 button
Internet Speed
ADSL2 @ max 1.3MBYTE/sec down, 1 up.
i doubt that the server has automatic updating and the automatic updating on windows 7 is not working through the proxy at the moment, so i don't think that is the problem.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
3.0GHz Core 2 Duo E4600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Memory
SuperTalent 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq 2420HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200.11
PSU
Corsair HX450W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Stock
Internet Speed
ADSL 2+
Other Info
Have a laptop too.
Remember when XP was first released?
M$ wanted us to create networking floppy discs for use on our win98 and 2k machines, JUST so XP would function on the same network.

What PCMan is encountering sounds like a similar "feature".
The domain controller has probably detected W7 and is trying to copy over + install compatable networking protocols like the Link-Layer Topology Discovery protocols.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 dual with XP SP2 ((Highly Custom))
CPU
Intel Core2Duo e7300 sometimes @ 3.33Ghtz
Motherboard
Gigabyte G31M-S2L
Memory
2gb Kingston HyperX
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia 9800GT 1gb
Sound Card
Onboard Realtech AC97 High Definition codec
Monitor(s) Displays
HP P1120 21" CRT
Screen Resolution
1600x1200
Hard Drives
WD 250gb caviar
WD 500GB SATAII
PSU
Gigabyte bundled 550w
Case
Gigabyte Generic
Cooling
stock
Keyboard
POS $25 cheapo because i type too fast, wears down kb's
Mouse
M$ Intellipoint 1.1 5 button
Internet Speed
ADSL2 @ max 1.3MBYTE/sec down, 1 up.
Thanks for the help, unfortunately i don't think we'll be able to reattempt it.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
3.0GHz Core 2 Duo E4600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R
Memory
SuperTalent 2x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512MB GDDR3
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq 2420HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 x Seagate 1TB 7200.11
PSU
Corsair HX450W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Stock
Internet Speed
ADSL 2+
Other Info
Have a laptop too.
hi

open "system information" from "Accessories" on the server and check the OS name and "other OS description" to see if it's 2003 R2 or not.

Johngalt was correct i think because if you have 2003 you'll need to upgrade the AD schema on your DC for it to be able join vista or windows7 to your domain.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
lol...didn't notice this is an old post
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
connection lost

I joined to my domain (win server 2003) with win 7 pro 64 bit PC successfully, and connected to all network resources (internet, shared folders on server, map drives, shared printers on network...) but after 4 or 5 days ... I can log in to my pc with network and domain user name and password, but no connection to the network, I lost everything.... can anybody help me with that.
thanks in advance.
 

My Computer

OS
win xp 32 bit
Hi armen, when you say you lost everything do you mean you lost your desktop icons,settings? i think it is logging you on with a temporary profile. go to C:\users\ and check if there is a profile called "TEMP", if there is, then your roaming profile needs reconfiguring. note in c:\users you should be able to see your profile's name there with a lock, back those up on a flash disk or something.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
hi, i thought i replied 20 minutes ago; dont know why it's not showing my earlier reply.

anyway, check c:\users and see if there is a profile called "TEMP". if it's there, it means system is logging you on with a temporary profile. to fix that, you would need to either, fix permissions of the account in order to access the profile, or delete the profile from the server, then restart your pc to create a new profile.

if you want to save any files on that profile, open c:\users\yourProfileName and backup on a flash disk
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
Thanks for the reply, but I ment with lost all my network conections, not the profile, the profile is there , but no network , no internet,....:)
 

My Computer

OS
win xp 32 bit
Thanks for the reply, I gave the PC static IP, but nothing change, I can brows the internet and I can even see the server, but I cant brows a specific shared folder , although the user has full permission on the folder.... after long tries , now I cant even log in with Administrator on the domain user account or new user ....strange, but it happening only with win 7 new PC's, because it happens with another one before and I just logged in with another user account and its works...., but this PC cant log in with another user account, but with the old one, I can browse the internet and print on network printer...
Is there any fix for win 2003 server for sharing folders for win 7 pro.?
Thanks again.
 

My Computer

OS
win xp 32 bit
I'm having the same problem...we have a mix of xp sp3 (32bit) machines and recent additions of windows 7 prof sp1 (64bit) machines. The windows 7 machines randomly (but frequently) drop off the network, lose mapped network drives, drop off of the exchange server for their email. I'm fairly new to server administration plus our setup was all in place when I took over. Any help w/b greatly appreciated.
 

My Computer

OS
Mix of xp sp3 32bit & windows 7 Prof 64 bit SP1
2003 standard sp2 unable to connect Win 7

I have the same issue and I've never see any answers to these problems here (depressing) I feel the problem is with the Domain controller of the active directory that it probably uses IPv4 and windows 7 can use IPv4 or IPv6 but for Domain queries it probably defaults to IPv6 I wish someone here can offer a solution for this it seems very strange to me that no solution has been found for this problem in the years since Windows 7 has been out.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
IBM, dell, thin-client
OS
Windows server 2003 window xp windows 7
CPU
Dual-core quad-core
Motherboard
Anubis
Memory
8 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
On board
Hard Drives
Terabyte sata
Antivirus
None
Browser
Firefox google explorer
Hlp1878 said:
I have the same issue and I've never see any answers to these problems here (depressing) I feel the problem is with the Domain controller of the active directory that it probably uses IPv4 and windows 7 can use IPv4 or IPv6 but for Domain queries it probably defaults to IPv6 I wish someone here can offer a solution for this it seems very strange to me that no solution has been found for this problem in the years since Windows 7 has been out.
Click to expand...

There are some settings that should help.

This type of problem usually requires that you change the lanman server parameters in order to get Windows 7 or 8 working with older servers. Do these adjustments on the Windows 7 or 8 machines that needs to connect to the server.

Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Local Security Policy

Local Policies - Security Options

Network security: LAN Manager authentication level
Set to Send LM & NTLM responses only

Set the Minimum session security for NTLM SSP
Disable Require 128-bit encryption

Reboot all machines after making the adjustment.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Home built
OS
Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
CPU
Q9650-4.275GHz, E8600 4.5GHz, E6750-3.8GHz
Motherboard
Evga 780i FTW
Memory
G.Skill PC2 9600 1200Mhz 5 5 5 15 2T
Graphics Card(s)
GTX480
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D2
Monitor(s) Displays
HannsG
Screen Resolution
1680X1050
Hard Drives
GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD
PSU
ThermalTake Toughpower 1000Watt modular
Case
ThermalTake XaserV
Cooling
Xigmatek S1283
Keyboard
Logitech G15
Mouse
Logitech G9
Internet Speed
T1
There are some settings that should help.

This type of problem usually requires that you change the lanman server parameters in order to get Windows 7 or 8 working with older servers. Do these adjustments on the Windows 7 or 8 machines that needs to connect to the server.

Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Local Security Policy

Local Policies - Security Options

Network security: LAN Manager authentication level
Set to Send LM & NTLM responses only

Set the Minimum session security for NTLM SSP
Disable Require 128-bit encryption

(Ok with the NTLM SSP is that for client server or both?)

Reboot all machines after making the adjustment.[/QUOTE]
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
IBM, dell, thin-client
OS
Windows server 2003 window xp windows 7
CPU
Dual-core quad-core
Motherboard
Anubis
Memory
8 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
On board
Hard Drives
Terabyte sata
Antivirus
None
Browser
Firefox google explorer
I definitely believe we have gotten much closer towards solving this issue changed settings on win7 machine and server but still getting an error message when I try to join the domain. {An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain TS1 could not be contacted ensure that the domain name is typed correctly.

So I'm still having problems connecting
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
IBM, dell, thin-client
OS
Windows server 2003 window xp windows 7
CPU
Dual-core quad-core
Motherboard
Anubis
Memory
8 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
On board
Hard Drives
Terabyte sata
Antivirus
None
Browser
Firefox google explorer
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top