We have several hundred PCs running XP SP3 with all updates that were recently deployed and the "DNS suffix for this connection" in the network property setting was somehow set to our lab domain. (Don't ask me how it got there, all I can do is blame Altiris.)
We currently in 2003 native mode.
In group policy I have tried the following to resolve and also test:
Computer Config\Policies\Admin Templates\Network\DNS Client\Connection-Specific DNS Suffix - does not work
Computer Config\Policies\Admin Templates\Network\DNS Client\Primary DNS Suffix - does not work
Computer Config\Policies\Admin Templates\Network\DNS Client\DNS Suffix Search List - this one works. I'm using it to test GPO in general.
The DNS Suffix Search list policy works as advertised. The other two have no affect. I am using DHCP so maybe that over rides the Primary DNS Suffix policy?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not much of a scripter, but I can copy and paste with the best of them!
Thanks, Tim