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This article helps fix an issue where users can't join a computer to an Active Directory domain.

Applies to: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2012 R2
Original KB number: 2008652

Symptoms

You try to join a Windows Server 2008 R2 or a Windows 7 machine to an Active Directory domain using Computer Name/Domain Changes under System Properties.
The destination domain has either Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2008 domain controllers and may have Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers present.When trying to join the Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to the domain by specifying the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) in the domain join UI, the operation fails and you receive the error:

PCs that belong to a Windows domain (common for laptops used in a corporate office) cannot share their files or printers with home groups, although they can join and access the shared resources of others. IPv6 must be running on the local network for HomeGroup to work. Windows 7 enables IPv6 by default. M273875 and M295335 - It is not possible to promote a computer named 'Internet' to a Domain Controller. Internet is a restricted Windows 2000 computer name and cannot be used by a domain controller, a member server, or a Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional-based client that is a member of a Windows 2000 domain. When you type the domain name, make sure that you type the Domain Name System (DNS) name and not the Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) name. For example, if the DNS name of the target domain is contoso.com, make sure that you enter contoso.com instead of the NetBIOS domain name of 'contoso.'

Cannot join to domain. Corega wireless lan usb 11 mini driver. When joining a new computer (Windows 10 Pro) laptop to the domain I see the following. The specified domain either does not exists or could not be contacted. Nslookup results Server: Unknown Address: 2001:8000:10c8:3c00::1 (This is the IPv6 address of the NIC currently set to automatically assigned).

An Active Directory Domain Controller (AD DC) for the domain <target DNS domain name> couldn't be contacted
Ensure that the domain name is typed correctly

In the %windir%debugNetsetup.log on the client you see the following sequence:

<DateTime> NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'CLIENT-NAME' is valid as type 1 name
<DateTime> NetpCheckNetBiosNameNotInUse for 'CLIENT-NAME'[MACHINE] returned 0x0
<DateTime> NetpValidateName: name 'CLIENT-NAME' is valid for type 1
<DateTime>

Tap0901 driver windows 10. <DateTime> NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'CLIENT-NAME' is valid as type 5 name
<DateTime> NetpValidateName: name 'CLIENT-NAME' is valid for type 5
<DateTime>

<DateTime>NetpValidateName: checking to see if domain.com is valid as type 3 name
<DateTime>NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid for domain.com returned 0x54b, last error is 0x0
<DateTime>NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for domain.com returned 0x54b

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When trying to join the Windows Server 2008 R2 computer to the domain by specifying the NetBIOS name in the domain join UI, you receive a different error:

The following error occurred attempting to join the domain <NetBIOS target domain name>. The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.

In the %windir%debugNetsetup.log on the client you see the following sequence:

<DateTime> -----------------------------------------------------------------
<DateTime> NetpDoDomainJoin
<DateTime> NetpMachineValidToJoin: 'CLIENT-NAME'
<DateTime> OS Version: 6.1
<DateTime> Build number: 7600 (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
<DateTime> SKU: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
<DateTime> NetpDomainJoinLicensingCheck: ulLicenseValue=1, Status: 0x0
<DateTime> NetpGetLsaPrimaryDomain: status: 0x0
<DateTime> NetpMachineValidToJoin: status: 0x0
<DateTime> NetpJoinDomain
<DateTime> Machine: CLIENT-NAME
<DateTime> Domain: Domain_Name
<DateTime> MachineAccountOU: (NULL)
<DateTime> Account: Domain_Nameadmx054085
<DateTime> Options: 0x27
<DateTime> NetpLoadParameters: loading registry parameters..
<DateTime> NetpLoadParameters: DNSNameResolutionRequired not found, defaulting to '1' 0x2
<DateTime> NetpLoadParameters: DomainCompatibilityMode not found, defaulting to '0' 0x2
<DateTime> NetpLoadParameters: status: 0x2
<DateTime> NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'Domain_Name' is valid as type 3 name
<DateTime> NetpValidateName: 'Domain_Name' is not a valid Dns domain name: 0x2554
<DateTime> NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for 'Domain_Name' returned 0x0
<DateTime> NetpValidateName: name 'Domain_Name' is valid for type 3
<DateTime> NetpDsGetDcName: trying to find DC in domain 'Domain_Name', flags: 0x40001010
<DateTime>NetpDsGetDcName: failed to find a DC in the specified domain: 0x54b, last error is 0x0
<DateTime>NetpJoinDomainOnDs: NetpDsGetDcName returned: 0x54b
<DateTime>NetpJoinDomainOnDs: Function exits with status of: 0x54b
<DateTime>NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x54b Thinix wifi hotspot 2.0.1 crack.

Domain joins by Windows Server 2003 computers to the same target domain succeed by specifying the NetBIOS domain name in the domain join UI. Domain joins using the FQDN also fail.
You can also successfully join the same Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to a different Active Directory domain in the same forest specifying the FQDN domain name.

Cause

The errors occur if NT4Emulator is set to 0x1 in the following registry subkey of the helper domain controller used to join the target domain:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesNetlogonParameters
Value Name: NT4Emulator
Value Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 1

Resolution

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To resolve this issue either delete the NT4Emulator registry value on the Active Directory domain controllers in the destination domain if Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers are no longer present or can be retired. Otherwise, set the following registry value on the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 client before attempting to join the domain:

Join Domain Cannot Complete This Function

  1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).

  2. Locate the following key in the registry:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesNetlogonParameters

  3. If it does not exist, create a new REG_DWORD value named NeutralizeNT4Emulator, and set the value to 0x1.

  4. Quit Registry Editor.

This registry setting allows the Active Directory domain controllers with the NT4Emulator setting to respond normally to the requesting client (avoiding Windows NT 4.0 emulation mode).

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More information

In the case of the join by FQDN, the joining client does not receive an adequate response to the LDAP pings it sends to the domain controllers at the beginning of the domain join process. The helper domain controller responds but the joining client considers the response incomplete.

After receiving the same replies from all domain controllers located using DNS, it falls back to performing a NetBIOS name query for the FQDN domain name to locate a domain controller, however this gets no response and the join operation fails.If the NetBIOS scenario the client sends a NetLogonSamRequest to all domain controllers it receives from the WINS query for the domain name. However it receives no adequate response and fails with the second error.