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Q175957: Event ID 5770 When Installing New Member Server

Article: Q175957
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to add a new server computer to a Windows NT domain, the
operation fails. Event ID 5770 appears in the event log:

  The session setup to the Windows NT Domain Controller <PDC_NAME> from
  computer <WORKSTATION> using account <MACHINENAME$> failed.
  <MACHINENAME> is declared to be a BDC in domain <DOMAIN2>. However,
  <MACHINENAME$> tried to connect as either a DC in a trusted domain, a
  member workstation in domain <DOMAIN2>, or as a server in domain
  <DOMAIN2>. Use the Server Manager to remove the BDC account for
  <MACHINENAME>.

CAUSE
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The name you are trying to use was previously in use by a LAN Manager domain
controller. The machine name MACHINENAME$ exists in the domain accounts
database, having been migrated from the LAN Manager accounts database.

RESOLUTION
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Using User Manager for Domains, delete the MACHINENAME$ account from the domain
accounts database. Reset the machine account, if necessary, by deleting and
recreating it in Server Manager.

Additional query words: lanman lan manager error

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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