NetBIOS over TCP/IP

Symptom
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Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to "" failed on

Windows 7 when joining to domain

Cause
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W2K8R2/Win7 known issue when joining to domain

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2018583/en-us

Workaround

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Add Domain DNS Suffix in the TCP/IP Properties. 

a) Click Start , click Run , type ncpa.cpl , and then click OK .

b) In Network Connections , right-click Local Area Connection ,

and then click Properties .

c) Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click

Properties .

d) In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog

box, click Advanced .

e) On the DNS tab, select these DNS Suffixes, click Add, type the

FQDN of the domain in the DNS Server Dialogbox, Click Add, and then click OK

three times