Strange logon problem, takes minutes to logon to Windows XP SP2

[Guest]

Sorry, I already post this question in microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
but I think this group is more suitable for this question.

Hi All,

Since last week I have 2 computers in my organization that suddenly takes up
to 5 minutes before the user is logged on. Everything looks fine when the
computer boots and the user logs on and it just sits there applying the
computer settings. I opened a ping to the computers and get a request timed
out the whole time until all of a sudden (after minutes) I get a reply and
the user finally logs on and can get to work.

We found a work around by disabling the “Network Location Awareness (NLA)â€
service. If we do that everything looks fine. But this is not a solution
because we need that service for our group policies. Another work around is
to boot without the network cable and loggon and plugin the cable and go to
work.

Anybody seen this behavior before?

Thanks
BasH

 

[Guest]

Might find a clue here, top two Keys listed are pre-logon items loading.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial44.html