Slow logon from Win XP to 2003 domain

[amitstei]

Hi!

I am having a longstanding problem with XP Pro clients trying to logon
to windows 2003 domain controller. It is EXTREMELY slow. I watched the
postings here, and all the following is configured:
1. All clients point to and only to the DC as a DNS
2. The DC has DNS pointing to itself and DNS forwarding is to the ISP

I'm desperate about this problem - can anyone suggest some resolution
to this problem. BTW, in the application log of the server, the client
workstation spend 4 minutes at event 538 when logging on (which is
successsful) and then event 566 ('Directory Service Access') is
displayed.

Thanks for your help!
Amit

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

have you use nslookup to check the status of the DNS?

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Hi!

I am having a longstanding problem with XP Pro clients trying to logon
to windows 2003 domain controller. It is EXTREMELY slow. I watched the
postings here, and all the following is configured:
1. All clients point to and only to the DC as a DNS
2. The DC has DNS pointing to itself and DNS forwarding is to the ISP

I'm desperate about this problem - can anyone suggest some resolution
to this problem. BTW, in the application log of the server, the client
workstation spend 4 minutes at event 538 when logging on (which is
successsful) and then event 566 ('Directory Service Access') is
displayed.

Thanks for your help!
Amit