| Event Id | 1054 |
| Source | NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM |
| Description | Windows cannot obtain the domain controller name for your computer network. (The specified domain either does not exist or exist or could not be contacted). Group Policy processing aborted. Data: (unavailable) |
| Event Information | Windows XP-based systems that use Gigabit Ethernet devices may not be able to join an Active Directory domain, which aborts the Group Policy download process. When this occurs, a series of events are written to the event log. CAUSE: The problem occurs because link status fluctuates as the network adapter (also known as the network interface card, or NIC) driver initializes and as the network adapter hardware negotiates a link with the network infrastructure. The Group Policy application stack executes before the negotiation process is completed and can fail because of the absence of a valid link. WORKAROUND: You may be able to work around this problem by disabling the "Media Sensing" feature in Windows. |
| Reference Links | Cannot Connect to Domain Controller and Cannot Apply Group Policy with Gigabit Ethernet Devices |
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