loading personal settings

[Guest]

Hello, We have a small business running a windows 2003
server with 12 computers running windows xp pro. The
server is used as a file and print server only. Some of
the machines seem to take a long time to log into the
server. The screen saying loading your personal settings
sits there up to 2 to 3 minutes and then lets us login
like normal and then everything runs great. I have tried
putting in a static dns address and that really didn't
make a difference. The users are administrators on their
computers. Any ideas as to why it takes so long on that
screen would be of great help. Thanks

 

[CecilWilliams]

windows 2003

server with 12 computers running windows xp pro. The
server is used as a file and print server only. Some of
the machines seem to take a long time to log into the
server. The screen saying loading your personal settings
sits there up to 2 to 3 minutes

Is your server set up as a domain controller? And do your users have
roaming profiles? Change them to local if so. <Control Panel, System,
Advanced, User Profiles, Settings, Change Type>

Also check the settings in Internet Explorer for temp files <Tools,
Internet Options, Settings> - the default amount of space is insanely
high if you have a huge hard drive. I keep mine set to a two digit
value.

- Cecil