Consider the following scenario. You perform a recovery or migration of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS). Then, you try to join an existing domain, as described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: When you run an integrated setup in this scenario, you receive an error message that is similar to the following, where Domain_name.local is the name of the local domain:This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

•	The original Windows SBS installation was preinstalled by an OEM.
•	The domain on which Windows SBS is installed has a second domain controller.

Note Windows SBS does not support trusts. This article applies only if the error references your own domain and if that domain was originally preinstalled by the OEM.

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This problem occurs because one of the domain GUIDs in the registry for Windows SBS is incorrectly referenced as part of the Windows SBS preinstallation process.

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To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services. To do this, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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