Windows Server 2008, rejoining domain fails

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I have two windows 2008 servers, which have been unjoined from the domain for a long time.

I tried to rejoin them to previous domain and one of the servers could rejoin successfully, but the other one failed with the error: The following error occurred attempting to join the domain "my.domain"; Logon Failure: The target account name is incorrect.

I'm sure I used the right account, but still can't join to domain. Anyone know why?

Is the server still in AD? Try removing it from AD before you add it. — Bart De Vos, Aug 20 '12 at 08:07
Really thanks all of your reminder! After I remove the host name from doamin, I could re-join this computer. Thanks a lot! Best Regards — siyang, Aug 20 '12 at 08:47

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 20 '12 at 08:07

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Check if, by any chance, there isn't already a computer account with the same name in the destination domain.

answered Aug 20 '12 at 08:07

Stephane

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Yes, I found this computer host name is already in destination domain. – siyang Aug 20 '12 at 08:30
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Really thanks all of your reminder! After I remove the host name from doamin, I could re-join this computer. Thanks a lot! Best Regards – siyang Aug 20 '12 at 08:46
Np. Just remember to accept the answer if it was the correct one. – Stephane Aug 22 '12 at 09:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 28 '15 at 03:03

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Do the following on the machine on which you are unable to add to the domain:

arp -d *
nbtstat -R
ipconfig /flushdns

and then reboot the machine

edited Feb 28 '15 at 03:03

masegaloeh

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answered Feb 28 '15 at 02:30

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Windows Server 2008, rejoining domain fails

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