I Have found the source of my pain:  An entry in the windows registry on 
the box solved my problem:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]
"CompatibleRUPSecurity"=dword:00000001

I had to add the folder and the dword.   Just an FYI.

Sean


On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Erik Bixby wrote:

> Is the machine in question at a different patch level than the rest? 
> Can it ping the smb server?  What does netstat show on the workstation
> before, and after, the icon appears?  Is Windows firewalling doing
> something on the new machine?
> 
> Just throwing some stuff out there, as no one else has replied, yet...
> -Erik
> 
> On 8/30/05, Sean Roe <sean@azbiz.net> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I am delurking to see if anybody has a clue about this:
> > 
> > I have a samba server acting as a pdc for my domain and all the
> > workstations except on log on fine and work like good little windows boxes
> > should.  I just built a new machine and joined it to the domain and that
> > all went smoothly, a user can log on to the domain no problem.  but after
> > they have logged in and are getting ready to start, an icon in the tray
> > comes up and says the fileserver (pdc) is offline even though it isn't.
> > This happens to all users who loginto the workstation except
> > 'administrator'.  I have tried renaming the workstation, leaving the
> > domain and rejoining, deleteing the machine account. I am at my wits end.
> > The workstation maintains connectivity to the internet with no problem, so
> > I assume the networking is all good, but  I have no idea where to go from
> > here. BTW this is a debian 3.1 machine and samba is Version
> > 3.0.14a-Debian.  The windows machine is XP SP2
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
> > 
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