Howdy,

I'm at the end of my wits. After installing Service pack 2,  I cannot
add  computer accounts to the DC.

I cannot add computers from VMware running local, nor can I add them
from the network.

I can ping by server name and also by FQDN.

Below is the Output from Netsetup.Log

05/15 16:31:40
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05/15 16:31:40 NetpDoDomainJoin
05/15 16:31:40 NetpMachineValidToJoin: 'MY-W2K-PRO'
05/15 16:31:40 NetpGetLsaPrimaryDomain: status: 0x0
05/15 16:31:40 NetpMachineValidToJoin: status: 0x0
05/15 16:31:40 NetpJoinDomain
05/15 16:31:40     Machine: MY-W2K-PRO
05/15 16:31:40     Domain: mydomain.local
05/15 16:31:40     MachineAccountOU: (NULL)
05/15 16:31:40     Account: mydomain.local\administrator
05/15 16:31:40     Options: 0x27
05/15 16:31:40     OS Version: 5.0
05/15 16:31:40     Build number: 2195
05/15 16:31:40     ServicePack: Service Pack 4
05/15 16:31:40 NetpValidateName: checking to see if 'mydomain.local'
is valid as type 3 name
05/15 16:31:40 NetpValidateName: 'mydomain.local' is not a valid
NetBIOS domain name: 0x7b
05/15 16:31:40 NetpCheckDomainNameIsValid [ Exists ] for
'mydomain.local' returned 0x0
05/15 16:31:40 NetpValidateName: name 'mydomain.local' is valid for
type 3
05/15 16:31:40 NetpDsGetDcName: trying to find DC in domain
'mydomain.local', flags: 0x1020
05/15 16:31:40 NetpDsGetDcName: found DC '\\MYSERVER.mydomain.local'
in the specified domain
05/15 16:33:00 NetUseAdd to \\MYSERVER.mydomain.local\IPC$ returned 64
05/15 16:33:00 NetpJoinDomain: status of connecting to dc '\
\MYSERVER.mydomain.local': 0x40
05/15 16:33:00 NetpDoDomainJoin: status: 0x40

Any ideas would be appreciated