Domain Server Cannot Be Contacted

Verify that the dns server is running and can be contacted.

Domain server cannot be contacted. Specify the wins server s ip address on client. The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted. When your users report that they see an active directory domain controller for the domain could not be contacted there could be a few different causes for this issue. Microsoft exchange server 2007 setup cannot continue because communication with the primary domain name system dns server cannot be established.

Windows 10 administrator the specified domain does not exist. Verify that the domain controller is configured to use the same dns server or check if the replication to the dns server that the client uses is successful use the repadmin tool to check replication status. If the specified srv record is missing it means your computer is configured to use a dns server that does not have an srv record with the location of the domain controller. Windows 10 boot error.

If the issue is with your computer or a laptop you should try using restoro which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files. This works in most cases where the issue is originated due to a system corruption. The specified domain does not exist or cannot be contacted remote desktop. The specified domain does not exist or cannot be contacted windows 10.

If your active directory domain controller acts also as a wins server then set the wins ip address to point to wins server s primary domain controller s ip address on the client machine that you want to join to the domain to do that. Try to join the workstation in the domain. This works in most cases where the issue is originated due to a system corruption. It was running fine prior to this.

Exchange 2007 setup requires that the local computer communicate with the authoritative dns database for the domain. I was installing a new ad box and trying to load exchange 2010 when it said that it could not find the existing controller. If the issue is with your computer or a laptop you should try using restoro which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files.