Editing: Windows 98 Cannot Join a Windows Server 2008 Domain (dsforum2wiki)

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<html> <body> [toc] <h1><a name="To_Join_a_Domain"></a>To Join a Domain</h1> To join a Windows 98 workstation to a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 domain, follow these steps:   <ol> <li>Install the DSCLIENT utility for Windows 98. See <a title="KB article 288358" href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;288358" target="_blank">Microsoft Knowledge Base article 288358</a> for download and installation instructions. </li><li>Make sure that the following hotfixes are installed on the Windows 98 client. Enable NTLM2 Authentication on your Windows 98 client, as described in <a title="KB article 239869" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869" target="_blank"> Microsoft Knowledge Base article 239869</a>. <ol> <li>Client cannot log on if unicode string is passed to NTLM security support provider interface <a class="KBlink" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266772">Microsoft Knowledge Base article 266772</a>  </li><li>One unsuccessful logon attempt may trigger the default Windows NT lockout policy <a class="KBlink" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271496">Microsoft Knowledge Base article 271496</a> </li><li>Exception 0E in Vredir error messages when you open network files <a class="KBlink" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293793">Microsoft Knowledge Base article 293793</a> </li></ol> </li><li>Weaken the security of your domain by editing the domain's Group Policy. <ol> <li> In Group Policy (gpmc.msc), edit the Domain Policy. </li><li> Expand Computer Configuration, expand Windows Settings, expand Security Settings, expand Local Policies, and then click Security Options. </li><li> In the list of available policies, double-click Network security: Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change, and then Disable that policy. </li></ol> </li><li> Make sure that a WINS server is running on your network. </li><li> Make sure that the Windows 98 client is enabled to use WINS and the local domain DNS server.  </li><li> Change the password of the user account that you plan to use to join the Windows 98 client computer to the domain. This enables the password to use a LAN Manager hash. </li><li> Try to join the Windows 98 client to the domain. </li></ol> <h1><a name="Important_Notes"></a>Important Notes</h1>   <ul> <li> Windows 98 is no longer officially supported or tested by Microsoft. There is no guarantee or official support for connectivity and compatibility for Windows 98 in a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 domain. </li><li> Disabling security policies reduces the security of your network. For more information, see Security configuration guidance support in <a title="Microsoft KB 885409" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885409">Microsoft Knowledge Base article 885409</a> </li></ul>   <h1><a name="Related_References"></a>Related References</h1>   <ul> <li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><a title="Security Configuration Wizard documentation" href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771492(WS.10).aspx" target="_blank">Security Configuration Wizard</a></div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><a title="Security and Policy Enforcement" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/security-policy.aspx" target="_blank">Security and Policy Enforcement</a></div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><a title="KB article 272594" href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=272594" target="_blank">Problems logging on to a Windows 2000-based server or a Windows 2003-based server</a> </div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><a title="KB article 555038" href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555038" target="_blank">How to enable Windows 98/ME/NT clients to logon to Windows 2003 based Domains</a></div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><a title="Windows 98 DS Cleint details" href="http://www.petri.co.il/dsclient_for_win98_nt.htm" target="_blank">Active Directory Client (dsclient) for Win98/NT</a></div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><a title="KB article 811497" href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811497">Error Message When Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Client Logs On to Windows Server 2003 Domain</a></div> </li><li> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt">This article was derived from the DS Forum post <a title="DS forum post win 98 wont connect to server 2008" href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverDS/thread/d947d8f2-d891-4680-88a1-620cfa80e381">win 98 wont connect to server 2008 </a></div> </li></ul>   </body> </html>
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