SOLVED HELP Cannot Join Computer Back to Domain on Windows 7 Networking. So heres what I did this morning. I uninstalled all the patches installed yesterday, though there were 4 that I couldnt remove. They were related to MS office and Visio. I also uninstalled the antivirus program from the machine. I was able to ping other machines on the network, including the DC DNS Server. And yes, the primary DNS is set to the AD. I was able to map a network drive. Windows OS macOS Direct Attached Storage DAS on Windows. Click here for Instructions. Direct Attached Storage DAS on macOS. Click here for Instructions. Solution Check to see if the NETLOGON service is enabled. I noticed some antivirus software disables this. This is definitely required. Maintains a. In case this helps. I was having a similar problem on a new laptop Toshiba with Windows 7 Home Premium using wifi. Accessing a share on an XP desktop. Hi, I have a starnge issue. Windows 7 pro PCs network profile is detetced as domain profile when first joined to domain but after reboot. Karlo B The NETLOGON service was set to manual and not started. I set it to automatic and then tried to start it. It says it started then stopped, so I rebooted. It was still not started after the reboot. Looking in the event viewer, it says that it was stopped because the machine is in a workgroup and this service is not required in that configuration. I also tried the reboot, change computer name, reboot and attempt to add to domain with no luck. Carlson. ER Yes.   I am logged on the local with the local admin and trying to use domain adim to join to the domain. And the time is the same as my other machine. Brevity I tried both wired and wireless. Arrggghhhhhh.   I dont know what it was. I typed all this up which is why I left it here in case I ever run into this again, but when I looked back at the other machine, it had a pop up that said WELCOME TO THE DOMAIN. Hilarious.   The computer Gods were mad at me for something and now all is right with the world. Thanks to everyone again for the suggestions. One of them worked, but I cant say which one directly  Best answers chosen based on the last three things I did    Thats the best I can do. This means that even if there is a DHCP server on the network, it wont get a new IP address. You can set your computer to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. Thanks for your response. I am supposed to get the IP address from Comcast. It is a cable mode. There is no router. The connection is wired. Equalizer Software For Windows Xp. My XP Pro desktop. Every now and again I find a geek with a Windows XP comp others have been affected that cannot get his computer to take a ip from a dhcp router. I also found that. Configuring Windows Deployment Services on Server 2012 R2 with DHCP Running on Ubuntu 14. LTS Server. On a recent project, the customer needed a way to document their DHCP configuration after losing the DHCP database on one of their DHCP servers. I offered. DHCP for Windows Server 2012. New features such as PowerShell v 3 cmdlets, Policy assign and DHCP Server Fallover. Also tips and troubleshooting.