during an operating system deployment, if you find that your workstations are failing to join the domain, check your netsetup.log. if you find a line like this… 01/01/2009 12:00:00:000 NetpGetComputerObjectDn: Specified path 'CN=Computers,DC=myDomain,DC=com' is not an OU … it’s generating because the path specified is, in actuality, not an ou (organizationalUnit). instead, the default computers location is a container. feels like i’m splitting hairs when it comes to this, but if you point the “Apply Network Settings” to either a domain ou or blank, it works.
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