Excessively long log-on time

[Guest]

I have a mix of Win 98, Win 2K, and Win XP clients logging on to a single Win
2K Server. On every single Win 2K client, there is an excessive log-on time.
Sometimes the log-on can take up to a half an hour. All have the latest
service packs installed. I have searched the knowledge base with no success.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Danny Sanders]

Usually this is a sign of mis- configured DNS. What DNS server do they point
to?



DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

 

[Guest]

I had a similar behaviour with an XP machine on a Windows 2000 Domain.
Basically the Domain name displayed the full dns rather than the NetBIOS
Domain name so I removed the '.com' and rebooted the machine. It took a few
seconds to log in.

Rightclick My Computer - Properties - Computer Name - Change - in the
'Member of' check if it displayed the Full DNS entry of the domain. If so,
remove the domain extension.

 

[Guest]

Tony,

Thanks for the tip. It actually cleared up the problem on my XP machines,
but I still have the problem on the 2K machines. Any further insight would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
Steve