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Q214568: Suppressing the "Domain Controller Cannot Be Reached" Message

Article: Q214568
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-JUN-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition 
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  Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY
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You may want to suppress the following message:

  A domain controller for your domain could not be contacted. You have been
  logged on using cached account information. Changes made to your profile
  since you last logged on may not be available.

MORE INFORMATION
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On the client computer, enter the registry value ReportDC to suppress this
message from users. The Winlogon subkey stores configuration data for the
Winlogon service that applies to all users of the computer.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Registry path:

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

  ReportDC   REG_DWORD

  Value      Meaning
  -----      -------
  0 -	      The domain controller message is suppressed.
  1 -	      The domain controller message is not suppressed.

Note that Microsoft Windows 2000 suppresses this dialog box by default (the
setting is zero).

REFERENCES
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A list of registry value entries and subkeys can be referenced in the Microsoft
Windows NT Server resource kit under the Regentry.hlp help file.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbNTTermServ400 kbNTTermServSearch
Version           : winnt:4.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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