I have started putting XPPro clients on our Win2K SBS
Network Domain. They work ok except that when the user
logs in, the 'Loading your personal seetings' message
stays on the screen for almost 10 minutes.

Why is this?

Are you using roaming profiles on your network ?
If a users profile is very big, it could take a long time
to download over the network...en thus the "loading
personal settings" will take a lot of time.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have started putting XPPro clients on our Win2K SBS
>Network Domain. They work ok except that when the user
>logs in, the 'Loading your personal seetings' message
>stays on the screen for almost 10 minutes.
>
>Why is this?
>
>
>.
>

"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have started putting XPPro clients on our Win2K SBS
> Network Domain. They work ok except that when the user
> logs in, the 'Loading your personal seetings' message
> stays on the screen for almost 10 minutes.
>
> Why is this?
>
>


Slow logons from XP to a 2k domain are usually
caused by DNS misconfiguration.

XP differs from previous versions of windows in that it uses
DNS as it's primary name resolution method for finding domain
controllers:

How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314861

If DNS is misconfigured, XP will spend a lot of time waiting for it to
timeout before it tries using legacy NT4 sytle NetBIOS.
( Which may or may not work. )

1) Ensure that the XP clients are all configured to point to the local
DNS server which hosts the AD domain. That will probably be the
win2k server itself.
They should NOT be pointing an an ISP's DNS server.
An 'ipconfig /all' on the XP box should reveal ONLY the domain's
DNS server.

( you should use the DHCP server to push out the local DNS server
address. )

2) Ensure DNS server on win2k is configured to permit dynamic updates.

3) Ensure the win2k server points to itself as a DNS server.

4) For external ( internet ) name resolution, specify your ISP's DNS server
not on the clients, but in the 'forwarders' tab of the local win2k DNS
server.

On the DNS server, if you cannot access the 'Forwarders' and 'Root Hints'
tabs because they are greyed out, that is because there is a root zone (".")
present on the DNS server. You MUST delete this root zone to permit the
server to forward unresolved queries to yout ISP or the root servers:

HOWTO: Remove the Root Zone (Dot Zone)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=298148

The following articles may assist you in setting up DNS correctly:

Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;237675
HOW TO: Configure DNS for Internet Access in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;300202


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Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking