Force a client (2000/XP) to validate its logon against a specific

I have seen an article that mentions using SETPRFDC but as I'm not dealing
with NT4 machines, this won't work. I found something once before but have
since lost that info. I'm very sure what I had worked but just can't recall
it.

What has replaced SETPRFDC for newer OS's? Are there tools that already
exist on the systems that I can leverage to force the client to a different
DC?

The old article is here
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles...rticleID=13535

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:03:02 -0700, Aleric <Aleric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have seen an article that mentions using SETPRFDC but as I'm not dealing
>with NT4 machines, this won't work. I found something once before but have
>since lost that info. I'm very sure what I had worked but just can't recall
>it.
>
>What has replaced SETPRFDC for newer OS's? Are there tools that already
>exist on the systems that I can leverage to force the client to a different
>DC?
>
>The old article is here
>http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles...rticleID=13535
>
See tip 4527 » How can I manage which Windows 2000 domain controller a client contacts?
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com

I appreciate you taking a swing at this.

I had read about using the registry to create a list to prioritize which
DC's were contacted but I swear I had an executable that, similar to
nslookup, you just ran the .exe and added the DC you wanted to point to as a
parameter. That's why I was hoping to find a program similar to SETPRFDC.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't NETDOM MOVE either as I wouln't have been moving
the machine to a different domain.

I hope this helps as it's dring me crazy. Exeryone I sent the email to,
including me, either deleted it or lost their .pst archive containing that
email. Thank you for the support.

"Jerold Schulman" wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:03:02 -0700, Aleric <Aleric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have seen an article that mentions using SETPRFDC but as I'm not dealing
> >with NT4 machines, this won't work. I found something once before but have
> >since lost that info. I'm very sure what I had worked but just can't recall
> >it.
> >
> >What has replaced SETPRFDC for newer OS's? Are there tools that already
> >exist on the systems that I can leverage to force the client to a different
> >DC?
> >
> >The old article is here
> >http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles...rticleID=13535
> >
> See tip 4527 » How can I manage which Windows 2000 domain controller a client contacts?
> in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
>
> Jerold Schulman
> Windows Server MVP
> JSI, Inc.
> http://www.jsiinc.com
> http://www.jsifaq.com
>

I am not aware of any program to do this.


On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 05:08:02 -0700, Aleric <Aleric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I appreciate you taking a swing at this.
>
>I had read about using the registry to create a list to prioritize which
>DC's were contacted but I swear I had an executable that, similar to
>nslookup, you just ran the .exe and added the DC you wanted to point to as a
>parameter. That's why I was hoping to find a program similar to SETPRFDC.
>
>I'm pretty sure it wasn't NETDOM MOVE either as I wouln't have been moving
>the machine to a different domain.
>
>I hope this helps as it's dring me crazy. Exeryone I sent the email to,
>including me, either deleted it or lost their .pst archive containing that
>email. Thank you for the support.
>
>"Jerold Schulman" wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:03:02 -0700, Aleric <Aleric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I have seen an article that mentions using SETPRFDC but as I'm not dealing
>> >with NT4 machines, this won't work. I found something once before but have
>> >since lost that info. I'm very sure what I had worked but just can't recall
>> >it.
>> >
>> >What has replaced SETPRFDC for newer OS's? Are there tools that already
>> >exist on the systems that I can leverage to force the client to a different
>> >DC?
>> >
>> >The old article is here
>> >http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles...rticleID=13535
>> >
>> See tip 4527 » How can I manage which Windows 2000 domain controller a client contacts?
>> in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com
>>
>> Jerold Schulman
>> Windows Server MVP
>> JSI, Inc.
>> http://www.jsiinc.com
>> http://www.jsifaq.com
>>

Jerold Schulman
Windows Server MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com
http://www.jsifaq.com