Aug 29, 2017

Option to join a local domain missing in Windows 10 version 1703

As I mentioned yesterday, I finally got around to upgrading my laptop to the latest Creators Update 1703 for Windows 10. Sometime after the update, and fixing my VPN issue I stepped away from my desk and when I came back to unlock my laptop I received a message saying that my laptop had lost it's trust relationship with the domain.

To be honest, I'm not sure if was due to the upgrade or if my desktop guy or Systems Administrator screwed up, but when I looked in my Active Directory my laptop object was gone!

I figured, no big deal. I'll just disjoin if from the domain, reboot, login as Administrator and re-join it. Well, that didn't work as expected, because when I went to join it back to the domain, the option to join a local domain was GONE!



If all you see is above, your only option is to join to a hosted Azure account really. WTF is that all about?

Anyway, to fix this I had to create a couple of DWORD registry entries in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters

  • DNSNameResolutionRequired = 0
  • DomainCompatibilityMode = 1
After I added those and rebooted, I had the option to join to a local domain again!


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