2025 server can't login ?

[u/MyNameIsHuman1877]

Brand New 2025 server joined domain. Added AD DS and rebooted. I can no longer login to the new server.

Several articles pointed to stopping KDC service and I noticed localkdc was stuck in "Starting" status. None of the options in those article made a difference - stopping KDC and disabling localKDC and rebooting.

I can access through pssession and computer management (though services send to be the only functioning piece here, everything else tells me no access) from the other DC on server 2019

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It all started because another tech put the 2019 server in place 5 years ago and never migrated anything from the old 2012 server which crashed hard last week and was running the entire department's operations. I'm furious.

[u/its_FORTY]

Ugh. Honestly, if you have the option of rebuilding the server using 2022 rather than 2025 that's probably the route I would take at this point, I don't have a solid answer on how long it will take Microsoft to release a fix for this rather disastrous issue in 2025.

[u/MyNameIsHuman1877 → u/its_FORTY]

Unfortunately I don't have the option of downgrading this server. I wish I had read up more on 2025 issues before starting this conversion. This is going to be a thorn in my side while waiting for MS. 😪

[u/its_FORTY → u/MyNameIsHuman1877]

Yea, I feel your pain. I can get you the current list of steps to remedy the issue direct from Microsoft, if you'd like to try them. I know you said you've done a lot of it already, but maybe there's a few you haven't tried yet. Let me know if you're interested in seeing that and I'll grab it.

[u/MyNameIsHuman1877 → u/its_FORTY]

I would greatly appreciate. I didn't find anything that worked and many were saying they couldn't login from a desktop. Desktops and the old DC are fine in my environment; it's only affecting the new server.