You may receive the following event message in the application event log:

Event ID: 1054
Source: Userenv
Type: Error
Description:
Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted). Group Policy processing aborted.

The client computer may also experience an extremely slow logon.

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This issue may occur if the address for the configured preferred Domain Name System (DNS) server on the client is unreachable or not valid.

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To resolve this issue, correct the DNS address in the Internet Protocol (IP) properties. To do this, follow these steps:

1.	Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.
2.	Right-click Local Area Connection, and then click Properties.
3.	Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
4.	Select the Use the following DNS server addresses option button if it is not already selected.
5.	Type the correct DNS address in the Preferred DNS server box.
6.	Click OK.

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This behavior is by design.

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