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Peter
I support many Laptops that are joined to a Windows 2000
domain. The big issue is when turning on or restarting
the laptops. Windows insists on waiting for the domain to
push down the policies and stuff. If there is a network
present but not a network that can access the domain, the
system stalls for as much as 10 minutes. We normally just
tell our users to unplug the network cable before
restarting or turning on the laptop, then login using the
cashed account and then plug the network in. Well, in the
past few months, several people have bought laptops with
integrated Wireless. Many of these laptops have no manual
switches to turn off the Wireless so they sit and wait or
they have to turn off the wireless router.
domain. The big issue is when turning on or restarting
the laptops. Windows insists on waiting for the domain to
push down the policies and stuff. If there is a network
present but not a network that can access the domain, the
system stalls for as much as 10 minutes. We normally just
tell our users to unplug the network cable before
restarting or turning on the laptop, then login using the
cashed account and then plug the network in. Well, in the
past few months, several people have bought laptops with
integrated Wireless. Many of these laptops have no manual
switches to turn off the Wireless so they sit and wait or
they have to turn off the wireless router.