Specified domain does not exist

[GTWeasel]

A friend of mine had a perpetual restart problem on his computer. The only option I found -- after trying everything I could think of and then researching it -- was to wipe his system and start over.

So I reinstalled WinXP using the system restore disk that came with his Gateway. I ran fdisk to reset his partitions, and then formatted the HD. When Windows finally finished installing -- and I tried to login -- I got the following error:


          The system cannot log you on due to the following error:
          The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
          Please try again or contact your system administrator.


All the research I've done on this points to a network problem. It shouldn't have anything to do with logging in. Should it?

Also, I tried on his name and with the admin account under safe mode and normal startup.

[GX1_Man]

Is it set to boot up from a network source in the BIOS? Perhaps he was monkeying around in there? THis does not happen with a fresh install on a normally configured machine. What are the boot options listed/

[GTWeasel]

Boot order is as follows:

1. HD
2. Floppy
3. CD-ROM
4. DVD-ROM

[GX1_Man]

How did you setup the network when you reinstalled? A workgroup or a domain? Try a workgroup. That should solve it.

[GTWeasel]

I haven't finished the setup yet.

It runs the "DOS" setup first. After that it says remove any media you have in the drives and restart, but when I restart it won't let me log in and gives me that error.

[GX1_Man]

Win XP does not have DOS, so that is a Gateway restore CD. (Do you have a SATA hard drive in there?)

Windows XP is a graphical install start to finish.

[panboy]

I thought Gateway computer Were dead Befor windows XP came out

and the Error your getting could only mean the image your loading was configured to connect to a domain

That is a Stupid thing for an Image to DO ... very very stupid. but it not your fault

What you need is a Real XP Disk, if i were me id Download one, and since you have a lisence for XP its legal sorta