Windows 2000 Prof Logon delay

[Cindy]

I have a "hand-me-down" PC that used to connect to a
network in an small business environment. It used to have
several user logins but now just has "administrator"
and "guest". It could be logged into a network or to
itself (local PC without network). If I logon as
administrator to the option "local PC", it loads the
desktop quickly and everything is fine. If I logon as
administrator to the network, it takes over 5 minutes to
bring up the desktop. My questions:

1. "Administrator" appears to only be one user when I
look up in control panel, but it acts like 2
(administrator - network, versus administrator - local
PC).

2. Why is it taking so long? I have a hunch it is
because it is looking for a network that is no longer
there . I have disabled the appropriate network but it
did not seem to matter. How can I get rid of this network
option?

3. If I can resolve the appearance of 2 admin users, is
there anyway to combine the personal settings into one
user?

4. I do have a wireless linksys to connect to another PC
in the house to share a broadband connection - maybe that
is related? I don't think is related because I believe
this problem started several weeks AFTER the linksys was
installed.

5. A virus?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Dave Patrick]

Make sure you know the password for a local account with administrative
rights then disjoin from the domain (take it to workgroup mode) Control
Panel|System|Network Identification|Properties

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| I have a "hand-me-down" PC that used to connect to a
| network in an small business environment. It used to have
| several user logins but now just has "administrator"
| and "guest". It could be logged into a network or to
| itself (local PC without network). If I logon as
| administrator to the option "local PC", it loads the
| desktop quickly and everything is fine. If I logon as
| administrator to the network, it takes over 5 minutes to
| bring up the desktop. My questions:
|
| 1. "Administrator" appears to only be one user when I
| look up in control panel, but it acts like 2
| (administrator - network, versus administrator - local
| PC).
|
| 2. Why is it taking so long? I have a hunch it is
| because it is looking for a network that is no longer
| there . I have disabled the appropriate network but it
| did not seem to matter. How can I get rid of this network
| option?
|
| 3. If I can resolve the appearance of 2 admin users, is
| there anyway to combine the personal settings into one
| user?
|
| 4. I do have a wireless linksys to connect to another PC
| in the house to share a broadband connection - maybe that
| is related? I don't think is related because I believe
| this problem started several weeks AFTER the linksys was
| installed.
|
| 5. A virus?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Cindy]

Hi Dave, thanks for the suggestion. I did what you said,
and the "Properties" is grayed-out/not available. It
shows the following message: "Note: The identification
of the computer cannot be changed because - Networking is
not installed or is not properly configured." I then went
and "enabled" the network again, but of course it's not
really there - I had hoped it might have let me into
the "properties" screen.

This PC was given to me by my brother when he changed his
office equipment. He thought this was the right
password. I think the password does have administrative
rights - how can I check that to be sure?

Do you have any other ideas for me? Can I just uninstall
the components when I right click on "Network and Dial-up
Connections" - "Local Area Connection"? I know that my
linksys is "Local Area Connection 3" - it shows that it is
running.

Although I have a MS in CIS, my experience is mostly
database/programming rather than windows maintenance. I'm
only familiar enough with windows set-up/maintenance to
get myself in trouble! Thanks for your help.

Cindy

-----Original Message-----
Make sure you know the password for a local account with administrative
rights then disjoin from the domain (take it to workgroup mode) Control
Panel|System|Network Identification|Properties

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


:
| I have a "hand-me-down" PC that used to connect to a
| network in an small business environment. It used to have
| several user logins but now just has "administrator"
| and "guest". It could be logged into a network or to
| itself (local PC without network). If I logon as
| administrator to the option "local PC", it loads the
| desktop quickly and everything is fine. If I logon as
| administrator to the network, it takes over 5 minutes to
| bring up the desktop. My questions:
|
| 1. "Administrator" appears to only be one user when I
| look up in control panel, but it acts like 2
| (administrator - network, versus administrator - local
| PC).
|
| 2. Why is it taking so long? I have a hunch it is
| because it is looking for a network that is no longer
| there . I have disabled the appropriate network but it
| did not seem to matter. How can I get rid of this network
| option?
|
| 3. If I can resolve the appearance of 2 admin users, is
| there anyway to combine the personal settings into one
| user?
|
| 4. I do have a wireless linksys to connect to another PC
| in the house to share a broadband connection - maybe that
| is related? I don't think is related because I believe
| this problem started several weeks AFTER the linksys was
| installed.
|
| 5. A virus?
|
| Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!


.

 

[Guest]

Hi Dave, one more thought/question:

I went into System Properties - User Profiles and I have
the following accounts:

Account unknown
SCIENCEREGISTRY\Administrator
SRDT04\Administrator

Each of these is set to a "local profile".

I would prefer to start from scratch without any users and
maybe later, set up different users for my 3 children.
Can I remove these and would that help my situation?

Cindy

 

[Dave Patrick]

:
| Hi Dave, thanks for the suggestion. I did what you said,
| and the "Properties" is grayed-out/not available. It
| shows the following message: "Note: The identification
| of the computer cannot be changed because - Networking is
| not installed or is not properly configured." I then went
| and "enabled" the network again, but of course it's not
| really there - I had hoped it might have let me into
| the "properties" screen.
* From a command prompt
echo %USERDOMAIN%
to see if it returns with the old domain name or the pc name.

| This PC was given to me by my brother when he changed his
| office equipment. He thought this was the right
| password. I think the password does have administrative
| rights - how can I check that to be sure?
* Also from a command prompt
echo %userprofile%
to see which profile you're using at logon.

| Do you have any other ideas for me? Can I just uninstall
| the components when I right click on "Network and Dial-up
| Connections" - "Local Area Connection"? I know that my
| linksys is "Local Area Connection 3" - it shows that it is
| running.
* Does this mean the pc has two network interfaces installed?


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Dave Patrick]

This article describes a procedure to replace the local administrator
profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834


If you just got this pc then I would suggest you do a clean install of the
operating system.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


| Hi Dave, one more thought/question:
|
| I went into System Properties - User Profiles and I have
| the following accounts:
|
| Account unknown
| SCIENCEREGISTRY\Administrator
| SRDT04\Administrator
|
| Each of these is set to a "local profile".
|
| I would prefer to start from scratch without any users and
| maybe later, set up different users for my 3 children.
| Can I remove these and would that help my situation?
|
| Cindy

 

[Cindy]

Hi Dave,

Just wanted to say thanks again for your help. I'm still
working on your last suggestion. I now have a sick child,
so I can hopefully get to it by tomorrow. And yes, there
are two networks installed, but only the wireless is being
used now. So I need to uninstall the other, but I was
worried about various user logins - so I think it would do
me good to learn how to re-install windows and hopefully
that will clean everything up. Will let you know how it
all works out.

Cindy

-----Original Message-----
This article describes a procedure to replace the local administrator
profile.

User Profile May Become Corrupted After You Perform a Clean Windows 2000
Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834


If you just got this pc then I would suggest you do a clean install of the
operating system.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.

You didn't mention the drive controller (possibly SCSI, or ultra DMA, or
ATA100, or raid, or serial ATA), but you may need to boot the Windows 2000
setup disks or CD-Rom and *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your drive's
controller in drive "A"

If you wait and then S to specify additional drivers, then it may be too
late as Windows 2000 Setup at this point may have already assigned the
resources your drive's controller is wanting to use.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


| Hi Dave, one more thought/question:
|
| I went into System Properties - User Profiles and I have
| the following accounts:
|
| Account unknown
| SCIENCEREGISTRY\Administrator
| SRDT04\Administrator
|
| Each of these is set to a "local profile".
|
| I would prefer to start from scratch without any users and
| maybe later, set up different users for my 3 children.
| Can I remove these and would that help my situation?
|
| Cindy


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