In AD admin <
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Then Kevin replied below:
:: -----Original Message-----
:: In :: Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP] <
[email protected]> posted their
:: thoughts, then I offered mine
::: In ::: Jacob <
[email protected]> posted a question
::: Then Kevin replied below:
:::: I'm sure this has been solved many times here, but I cant
:::: find old posts.
:::: My Win XP Pro clients take about 15 minutes to start. They
:::: hang and the "applying computer settings.." window. I
:::: figured out that its an improperly configured DNS on my
:::: vanilla Win2000 Server, yes, its the PDC. My question is,
:::: just what exactly do I need to do to configure it
:::: correctly? Must I demote it and start all over again? Can
:::: someone suggest or point me to the common solution. Thanks
:::
::: Remove you ISP's DNS from all NICs on all machines and put only the
::: DCs address for DNS, this is where the AD DNS server usually is. If
::: it isn't point all machines to the DNS server for the AD Domain.
::: Never to your ISP.
:::
::: --
::: Best regards,
::: Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
::: Hope This Helps
::: ============================
::
::
:: Just to add, if using the router as a DNS address, that needs to be
:: removed too. Just wanted to mention this because a previous poster
:: just last week was doing just that and encountering errors.
::
:: --
:: Regards,
:: Ace
::
:: Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
:: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
::
:: Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
:: Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
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::
::
:: .
:: If you change the order of the DNS with the address of
: the DNS server for your network first and then your ISP's
: it will work fine. I have had the same problem, you can
: also do a append with the name of your dns server.
You should not use your ISP's DNS in any position. If your local DNS is slow
to respond one time it will be moved to the bottom of the list and give you
network errors. Plus if you are using DDNS it will log errors in the event
log.
