Event ID 5770 When Installing New Member Server

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to add a new server computer to a Windows NT domain, the operation fails. Event ID 5770 appears in the event log:

   The session setup to the Windows NT Domain Controller <PDC_NAME> from
   computer <WORKSTATION> using account <MACHINENAME$> failed.
   <MACHINENAME> is declared to be a BDC in domain <DOMAIN2>. However,
   <MACHINENAME$> tried to connect as either a DC in a trusted domain, a
   member workstation in domain <DOMAIN2>, or as a server in domain
   <DOMAIN2>. Use the Server Manager to remove the BDC account for
   <MACHINENAME>. 

CAUSE

The name you are trying to use was previously in use by a LAN Manager domain controller. The machine name MACHINENAME$ exists in the domain accounts database, having been migrated from the LAN Manager accounts database.

RESOLUTION

Using User Manager for Domains, delete the MACHINENAME$ account from the domain accounts database. Reset the machine account, if necessary, by deleting and recreating it in Server Manager.

Additional query words: lanman lan manager error

Keywords : ntdomain
Version : WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb