I used to manage two domain controllers when the primary DC which handled all domain roles, DNS and DHCP service went down. So I configured DHCP and DNS on the other domain controller. The problem is the following:

All PC that are already joined to the domain cannot see the domain. For example when I want to give permission to a shared folder in windows xp I could only give local users permission, I cannot see any other locations other than the local PC it self where I used to view the domain and select domain users before. 

I think this problem has to do with the DNS, I am not sure if I configure it correctly as if even DHCP clients are not updating the DNS directory at all.

I am running Windows 2003 Server Standard R2. Please help! 

thank you.

EDIT: I am currently running only one domain controller.

```
DC Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DC2
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : GOLDEN.AE
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : GOLDEN.AE

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HP NC7761 Gigabit Server Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-35-C2-36-F1
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.54
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.70
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.54

```

---

```
PC Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyWorkSpace
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : GOLDEN.AE
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : GOLDEN.AE

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet
NIC
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-2F-70-3A-69
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.57
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.70

```

 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.54
-------------------------------------------------

```
C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>DCDIAG

Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
   Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\DC2
      Starting test: Connectivity
         The host 0629e11f-c68e-4fbd-acbd-a4f99f47d67e._msdcs.GOLDEN.AE could
not be resolved to an
         IP address.  Check the DNS server, DHCP, server name, etc
         Although the Guid DNS name
         (0629e11f-c68e-4fbd-acbd-a4f99f47d67e._msdcs.GOLDEN.AE) couldn't be
         resolved, the server name (DC2.GOLDEN.AE) resolved to the IP
         address (192.168.0.54) and was pingable.  Check that the IP address is
         registered correctly with the DNS server.
         ......................... DC2 failed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\DC2
      Skipping all tests, because server DC2 is
      not responding to directory service requests

   Running partition tests on : Schema
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : Configuration
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running partition tests on : ALGHAITH
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ALGHAITH passed test CrossRefValidation
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ALGHAITH passed test CheckSDRefDom

   Running enterprise tests on : ALGHAITH.AE
      Starting test: Intersite
         ......................... ALGHAITH.AE passed test Intersite
      Starting test: FsmoCheck
         ......................... ALGHAITH.AE passed test FsmoCheck

```

UPDATE:

I am getting DNS Event ID: 4521 now!