Slow Joining Win2000 Domain

[Ben Blackmore]

Hi,

We have a problem, which isn't serious, but more of a pain in the butt!
If we join a Win2000 workstation, to our 2000 domain, it can take upto 2
minutes before it'll pop up and say 'welcome to the domain'. But if we join
an NT4 workstation to the domain, it does it almost instantly.

Is there a setting that needs changing somewhere to speed up the process for
Win2000?

Cheers

Ben

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

Windows 2000 uses first DNS to locate DC to join the domain. If it fails, it
uses NetBios, which apparently succeeds. In your place I would check DNS
settings on workstations/servers, so that they are pointing to internal DNS
server.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
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http://ladava.com

 

[Ben Blackmore]

OK, thanks I'll check our DNS, its always been a little screwy
Ben