slow logon

[Yngvar Ørebek]

We have a network with winxp pro-computers, w2000/2003-servers and
10/100mbit network.
One of the laptops has suddenly startet to use 10-15 minutes from entering
password to ready-to-use state, if nwtwork-cable is unplugged. I do not
alter any domain-name before pressing enter when promted for password. Other
computers is not slow without network-connection. If I use a local username,
the logon goes normally.

Any ideas for what is wrong?

Yngvar

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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.
Why is XP running slower 2

If the resolution of "Why is XP running slower while logon 1" doesn't fix
the slower issue. and if other Operation Systems including w2k don't have
the same issue, you may check the hardware settings, for example, configure
all of the computers' network cards for half duplex. Most Hubs don't
support full duplex.


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[Guest]

I wish people would stop throwing this "resolution" up for every single
person who is experiencing an excruciating logon time. I tried this step by
step...didnt help me.