Cannot add Windows 7 PC to domain. Get the following message. An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed.

Anonymous
2009-11-10T19:41:01+00:00

When trying to add a new Windows 7 machine to a network I get the following error message..."An attempt to resolve the DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed. Please verify this client is configured to reach a DNS server that can resolve DNS names in the target domain."  I don't have any problems adding XP machines to the domain and not sure why I can't add a Windows 7 machine.  I am able to get on the internet on the Windows 7 PC but can't add it to the domain.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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2009-11-16T17:42:34+00:00

We finally got the computer to join the domain by doing the following:  in the network adapter IP 4 properties, set the DNS ip address to that of the domain controller, NOT the DNS.  Then went back to the computer properties to add the computer to the domain, it was added succesfully.  After rebooting the machine and logging into the domain account, go back to the IP 4 properties and reset the DNS to automatically get the ip address.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-02-14T12:21:49+00:00

    We finally got the computer to join the domain by doing the following:  in the network adapter IP 4 properties, set the DNS ip address to that of the domain controller, NOT the DNS.  Then went back to the computer properties to add the computer to the domain, it was added succesfully.  After rebooting the machine and logging into the domain account, go back to the IP 4 properties and reset the DNS to automatically get the ip address. 

    This just worked for me too. However, I couldn't reset the DNS to automatically get an ip as I needed to use fixed IPs in my environment.

    Very helpful. Thanks for the tip.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-01-21T01:26:02+00:00

    i have done this exact same thing (entering the same dns server ip under ipv4) but no resaults i probobly did not do somthing right i will just play around with the server and everything a bit more somthing will fix it

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-09T04:56:05+00:00

    desyap,

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-12-09T04:51:23+00:00

    I also use W7 Pro, but still not working.

    here is my network details :

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix:

    Description: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

    Physical Address: ‎6C-62-6D-96-49-1C

    DHCP Enabled: No

    IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.15

    IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

    IPv4 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

    IPv4 DNS Server: 192.168.1.1

    IPv4 WINS Server:

    NetBIOS over Tcpip Enabled: Yes

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