32/64 Bit Dual Boot Login Woes

[Guest InterDesign]

I have a system that we are trying to dual boot from Windows XP Professional

32 bit on C: and Windows XP Professional 64-bit on S:. This machine

authenticates to a domain with a Windows 2003 R2 Server as the DC. Everything

seems to go according to plan until joining the domain. The first time the

64 Bit OS boots, you can login and join the domain... but shortly afterward

when going back to login to the 32 Bit we find that the workstation can no

longer connect to the domain or login locally (even though the 64 bit os can).

 

The only way around this is to log in locally as the administrator, remove

the computer from the domain and rejoin it... but then once this is done the

reverse happens and we can no longer log into the 64 Bit OS.

 

I thought that this was an account SID issue, so we created two accounts 1

for 32bit and one for 64 bit, but still no beans. I have heard that the

computer also needs to be named differently on the two os's.

 

Is this true?

 

If anyone has run into this issue, I'd appreciate any heads up on how to

dual boot a 32 bit and 64 bit OS on a domain...

 

 

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Thanks,

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: 32/64 Bit Dual Boot Login Woes

 

yes, you MUST have a different name. It's NOT the same machine. Then you'll

be able to join the domain from each machine with the correct name and not

have problems.

 

I would start, BTW, but unjoining it and removing any reference to the

machine in Active Directory Users and Computers. Remove any old entries in

DNS as well, and tombstone any entries in WINS (oh, how I HATE WINS.)

 

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Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"InterDesign" <InterDesign@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have a system that we are trying to dual boot from Windows XP

>Professional

> 32 bit on C: and Windows XP Professional 64-bit on S:. This machine

> authenticates to a domain with a Windows 2003 R2 Server as the DC.

> Everything

> seems to go according to plan until joining the domain. The first time

> the

> 64 Bit OS boots, you can login and join the domain... but shortly

> afterward

> when going back to login to the 32 Bit we find that the workstation can no

> longer connect to the domain or login locally (even though the 64 bit os

> can).

>

> The only way around this is to log in locally as the administrator, remove

> the computer from the domain and rejoin it... but then once this is done

> the

> reverse happens and we can no longer log into the 64 Bit OS.

>

> I thought that this was an account SID issue, so we created two accounts 1

> for 32bit and one for 64 bit, but still no beans. I have heard that the

> computer also needs to be named differently on the two os's.

>

> Is this true?

>

> If anyone has run into this issue, I'd appreciate any heads up on how to

> dual boot a 32 bit and 64 bit OS on a domain...

>

>

> --

> Thanks,