can't join domain

* "A domain controller for the domain could not be contacted"

* "DNS name does not exist", "error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR"

* "The DNS SRV records required to locate a domain controller for the domain are not registered in DNS

Situation: The client has a domain network and DC, DNS and DHCP is on a Windows 2000 server. There are 20 XP client joined the domain without any problems. Recently, they just add one Windows 2003 but can’t join the domain with this message: “A domain controller for the domain could not be contacted”. The dcdiag.txt has this message:

“The following error occurred when DNS was queried for the service location (SRV) resource record used to locate a domain controller for domain chicagotech.net:

The error was: "DNS name does not exist."

(error code 0x0000232B RCODE_NAME_ERROR)

The query was for the SRV record for _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.abc.local

Common causes of this error include the following:

- The DNS SRV records required to locate a domain controller for the domain are not registered in DNS. These records are registered with a DNS server automatically when a domain controller is added to a domain. They are updated by the domain controller at set intervals. This computer is configured to use DNS servers with following IP addresses:

192.168.0.5

- One or more of the following zones do not include delegation to its child zone:

chicagotech.net

local

. (the root zone)"

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