On 5 Jun, 04:54, Short on Time <ShortonT...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I've been chasing an issue with a Windows 2003 based domain controller.
>
> After running DCPROMO, I see a very large quantity of Event ID 1054, with
> the SYSTEM as the user. These happen every 5 minutes or so, yet when the
> twice daily Group Policy update occurs the event log shows that Group Policy
> was applied successfully.
>
> The error text reads "Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for
> your computer network. (An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy
> processing aborted."
>
> There are no errors in the system logs indicating any network issues, and
> when I issue a GPUPDATE command, policy is applied with no errors. IP
> address is static, DNS is pointed to the static IP address, there are no
> errors in the DNS logs, and no failures in the security logs.
>
> I've gone through all the troubleshooting links I was able to find,
> including KB933458.
>
> I've deployed a lot of Windows 2003 servers and I've never seen this before.
> Any suggestions or a patch for this issue would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Short on Time
hello..
can i suggest you check www.eventid.net first. their are quite a few
possibilities listed there that might be suitable to your particular
enviroment.
hope that might prove useful
dave
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