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- DOCUMENT:Q108505 17-DEC-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Disconnecting from a Trusted Domain Network
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- If you have a Windows NT computer that participates in a trusted domain
- structure that is sometimes disconnected from the main network, you may
- experience problems accessing it from another computer when it is
- disconnected from the main network.
-
- An example of this scenario is the following:
-
- A field engineer has two computers. One computer runs Windows NT and
- participates in a trusted domain. The other computer runs Windows for
- Workgroups. The computer running Windows for Workgroups is connected to the
- Windows NT computer, but the computer running Windows NT is not connected
- to the main network. Accessing the Windows NT computer from the Windows for
- Workgroups computer can result in the following error message:
-
- Access Denied
-
- The Windows NT computer will look for the Domain Controller when it is
- accessed and it cannot find one, so it returns the above error message.
-
- WORKAROUND
- ==========
-
- When you are not connected to the main network, you can change the Windows
- NT computer to be a member of a workgroup instead of a member of a domain.
- You can do this with the Network applet in Control Panel.
-
- Now the Windows NT computer will not look for the Domain Controller. You
- must have a user with the permissions you want defined in the local account
- database or this will not work.
-
- DonÆt forget to rejoin the domain you were in when the Windows NT computer
- is reconnected to the main network.
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT and
- Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and
- will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it
- becomes available.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: netsrv
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