Need help resolving Event ID 1054 Errors appearing in event log constantly

[Guest thelotus99@gmail.com]

Hello all:

 

I have a newly installed domain controller for a client of mine that

I'm having a problem with, and am hoping I can get some good advice on

tracking down the problem. This is for a small office, with about 8

computers total. This server is the first domain controller, as

previously the network was set up with all stand-alone computers. It's

a custom built box running Windows 2003 Small Business Server SP2.

Hardware specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ with 2GB RAM.

 

The problem I'm trying to solve is Event ID 1054 appearing in the

Application Log every 5 minutes like clockwork, for the last few

months now.

 

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Userenv

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1054

Date: 7/10/2007

Time: 10:47:45 AM

User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

Computer:

Description:

Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer

network. (An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy

processing aborted.

 

 

I'm thinking this is a TCP/IP or DNS issue, and I'll explain why. I

thought I had the problem solved recently, after noticing some invalid

entries in the DNS server. I saw entries pointing to the server's

hostname, with an IP address of 169.254.x.x, which reminded me of many

forum posts and articles in the past referring to problems you can

have on a domain controller with multiple NICs, and this server does

have 2 NICs. One I had configured with a valid static IP address, and

the other was enabled, but not connected to the network and no IP

address assigned. I think that this second network card was causing

the 169.254 entries to appear in DNS. So, I disabled the 2nd NIC, and

cleaned up all the bad entries in DNS. I thought I had fixed it! There

were no further errors for 4 hours, but during the night, they started

again. It was strange though, because the first night, they were only

happening every 15-30 minutes, instead of the standard 5 minutes that

it has been happening with for the last few months. But, even now,

it's back up to every single 5 minutes, I get a new entry in the event

log.

 

Can anyone offer any advice as to further troubleshooting steps I

should take with this server? I really don't want to scrub the hard

drives and start over, but I'm afraid that might be my only choice at

this point! Thanks much in advance!!!!

[Guest SBS Rocker]

Re: Need help resolving Event ID 1054 Errors appearing in event log constantly

 

You can find resolutions to most Event ID messages simply by googling the

event Id number.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298656

 

<thelotus99@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:1184087971.352473.197820@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

> Hello all:

>

> I have a newly installed domain controller for a client of mine that

> I'm having a problem with, and am hoping I can get some good advice on

> tracking down the problem. This is for a small office, with about 8

> computers total. This server is the first domain controller, as

> previously the network was set up with all stand-alone computers. It's

> a custom built box running Windows 2003 Small Business Server SP2.

> Hardware specs are AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ with 2GB RAM.

>

> The problem I'm trying to solve is Event ID 1054 appearing in the

> Application Log every 5 minutes like clockwork, for the last few

> months now.

>

>

> Event Type: Error

> Event Source: Userenv

> Event Category: None

> Event ID: 1054

> Date: 7/10/2007

> Time: 10:47:45 AM

> User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

> Computer:

> Description:

> Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer

> network. (An unexpected network error occurred. ). Group Policy

> processing aborted.

>

>

> I'm thinking this is a TCP/IP or DNS issue, and I'll explain why. I

> thought I had the problem solved recently, after noticing some invalid

> entries in the DNS server. I saw entries pointing to the server's

> hostname, with an IP address of 169.254.x.x, which reminded me of many

> forum posts and articles in the past referring to problems you can

> have on a domain controller with multiple NICs, and this server does

> have 2 NICs. One I had configured with a valid static IP address, and

> the other was enabled, but not connected to the network and no IP

> address assigned. I think that this second network card was causing

> the 169.254 entries to appear in DNS. So, I disabled the 2nd NIC, and

> cleaned up all the bad entries in DNS. I thought I had fixed it! There

> were no further errors for 4 hours, but during the night, they started

> again. It was strange though, because the first night, they were only

> happening every 15-30 minutes, instead of the standard 5 minutes that

> it has been happening with for the last few months. But, even now,

> it's back up to every single 5 minutes, I get a new entry in the event

> log.

>

> Can anyone offer any advice as to further troubleshooting steps I

> should take with this server? I really don't want to scrub the hard

> drives and start over, but I'm afraid that might be my only choice at

> this point! Thanks much in advance!!!!

>

[Guest thelotus99@gmail.com]

Re: Need help resolving Event ID 1054 Errors appearing in event log constantly

 

Hi SBS Rocker,

 

Thanks, I have tried that resolution and it has not helped. I have

done a lot of research on this issue via the normal means I.E. Google,

MS Technet, etc to no avail, so I was hoping someone with a similar

issue or more experience could help!

[Guest thelotus99@gmail.com]

Re: Need help resolving Event ID 1054 Errors appearing in event log constantly

 

An update for anyone reading this. I found the problem and have

corrected it now. This server has a AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor, and I

just needed to install the driver provided by AMD:

 

"AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and

Windows Server 2003 Version"

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html

[Guest Robert Janeway]

AMD dual core fix should work

 

AMD dual core fix should work

 

Found the answer:

 

Install the AMD Dual Core drivers.

 

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/amdcupsetup.exe

 

This should clear it all up.

 

Robert Janeway

 

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[Guest Robert Janeway]

AMD CPU Dual Core Drivers

 

AMD CPU Dual Core Drivers

 

 

Install the AMD Dual Core drivers.

 

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version

http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/utilities/amdcupsetup.exe

 

This should fix you right up. Work for us.

 

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