re: DNS unable to start / locate DNS server Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 12:29 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Simon Kato (25 messages posted) What about starting after the command line/prompt and typing:C:\ IPCONFIG/ALL.Press Enter. The following list will show that a DNS server(s) exist. The next step is to type :C:\> IPCONFIG/displaydns at the command prompt and press ENTER. A list of DNS servers in a DNS cache will be displayed. Finally to troubleshoot whether the problem is the DNS, use the ping command after the command prompt: C\>ping. Type in a well known web site like www.microsoft.com and see if u get its IP address. For example type at: C:\>ping www.microsoft.com. The IP address of www.microsoft.com will be displayed. Next, type your IP address which u got with the IPCONFIG command; type the IP address after the ping command: C:\> ping yr IP address. The website name will be shown. If the ping command works with the IP address but not with the website name, then u have a DNS problem. Have fun and best of luck! On Monday, February 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm, dennis wrote: >Hi, >before i do a DCpromo, the DNS is working fine. After I dcpromo, it seems that the >DNS is in stop state (an X there) tried to stop and start but it couldn't start. >and it tells me unable to locate the dns server ... how do i troubleshoot it? Written in response to: DNS unable to start / locate DNS server (dennis: Monday, February 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] DNS unable to start / locate DNS server (dennis: Mon, Feb 16, 2009, 8:44 pm) re: DNS unable to start / locate DNS server (geek9pm: Sat, Feb 21, 2009, 11:46 pm) re: DNS unable to start / locate DNS server (Simon Kato: Wed, Mar 18, 2009, 12:29 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum