Windows XP Image using Ghost

[Guest]

Hi,

We use Symantec Ghost to image out PCs and we are on a AD Domain. For a
while now our techs and users have noticed that if they right-click on an
icon on the desktop or a network drive for the first time it hangs for about
15 seconds and then show the pop-up menu. Once the menu shows up and you try
it again, its fine. I checked some forums on the web and one advise me to do
a netstat -a because it could be an IP address the system is searching for
because they used Ghost imaging. I did see a strange IP 167.16.161.92
SYN_SNT but it never reappeared after that.

Any ideas, because it is wreaking havoc all over our plants.

Thanks for your help.

 

[JS]

Try using (from the command prompt) ipconfig /release and then: ipconfig
/renew
This show give each ghosted PC it's own IP address.

JS

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help but it did not work. If you have any other ideas, I
would be greatful. I do believe however, that it is searching to connect to
something and we are using dhcp.

 

[Eric Dycus]

I don't know if this will help or not. But I've seen this with Mapped drives?
If they have a mapped drive over a WAN this can occur. I normally tell people
don't map the drives just create shortcuts to them. You should only map drives
that are on your lan to prevent these delays.

Hello Roxanne,

 

[JS]

Check the addresses for the Default Gateway, DHCP and DNS servers.
If any of the PCs are on a different sub-net then the original ghosted PC
then there could be a problem.

JS

 

[Guest]

The ghost server is not on a non-public network (private) basically, server
to the hub.

 

[JS]

This is all that I could find and it may not be relevant.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...a4e-b30e-4333-a868-db990345a1cc.mspx?mfr=true

JS

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info but we don't have Exchange Server but certainly
appreciate your efforts.