Logging onto a Windows NT 4.0 Domain takes a long time

[DigitalMess]

I have a problem and it seems like it started occurring
around the time I created a domain separate from our NT
4.0 domain on the same subnet, and deployed a Windows
2000 Server running Active Directory. But this problem
occurs to Windows XP Clients that have never been joined
to the Windows 2000 Domain.

On an XP Professional client if I use a valid domain user
login account it takes somewhere between 2 - 5 minutes
sometimes even longer than that to establish a network
connection or domain connection and load the users
desktop. We don't do roaming profiles on the NT Machines
and the only work around I've found is to yank out the
network cable until the desktop is loaded and then plug
it back in. Everything is fine afterwards except for one
client now needs to have the network adapter disabled
then enabled before you can do anything on the domain,
but you can surf the Internet.

Any ideas??????????????? This is getting really
frustrating

Thanks in advance!
DigitalMess

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

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Why is XP running slower while logon 1

When I login into a Windows 2000 active directory from a new xp pro machine
the login in is extremely slow. After logged on, everything works fine. But
other windows versions don't have this problem.
A: This is almost like name resolution issue. Comparing with previous
versions, XP is heavily dependent on DNS to find DC. If the DNS is
configured incorrectly, XP will take longer time waiting for it to timeout
before it tries using NetBIOS. Make sure
1) The DNS setup correct and have the server information.
2) XP clients can find the DNS server.
3) XP machine's DNS server is pointed to your internal DNS server rather
than your ISP's DNS server.
4) Make sure no errors on logon scripts or GPO's that could be causing
the delay.
5) Check any errors on event viewer.
6) Disable NetBIOS on the interfaces that client will not use.
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