Windows XP Slows down after it has joined a domain

[Justin Stock]

Dear MVP,

I have joined a few windows XP Machines running Windows XP SP2 to a Windows
2003 Small Business Server SP2. I am not running roaming profiles and there
are only 10 XP machines in the domain. Yet they can take up to 3 minutes to
log in. Is there any way to speed this up?

The XP machines are running Pentium 3 (D) CPU's with 1 GB of ram and the
server is running a Pentium 3 (D) CPU with 2 GB of ram.

Many thanks,

Justin Stock

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Pegasus]

Dear MVP,

I have joined a few windows XP Machines running Windows XP SP2 to a
Windows 2003 Small Business Server SP2. I am not running roaming profiles
and there are only 10 XP machines in the domain. Yet they can take up to 3
minutes to log in. Is there any way to speed this up?

The XP machines are running Pentium 3 (D) CPU's with 1 GB of ram and the
server is running a Pentium 3 (D) CPU with 2 GB of ram.

Many thanks,

Justin Stock

(e-mail address removed)

It sounds as if the "Logon Process" has slowed down, not
Windows XP itself as you suggest in your Subject line. This
is in most cases the result of incorrect DNS settings.

 

[Malke]

Dear MVP,

I have joined a few windows XP Machines running Windows XP SP2 to a Windows
2003 Small Business Server SP2. I am not running roaming profiles and there
are only 10 XP machines in the domain. Yet they can take up to 3 minutes to
log in. Is there any way to speed this up?

The XP machines are running Pentium 3 (D) CPU's with 1 GB of ram and the
server is running a Pentium 3 (D) CPU with 2 GB of ram.

Your DNS is probably set up incorrectly. The server needs to only look
to itself for DNS with forward/reverse lookup zones set for Internet
access. All workstations should only look to the server.

How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314861
Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;237675
DNS and AD FAQs - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291382


Malke

 

[Kelly]

Hi Justin,

In addition to the great help you have received, see if this helps:

When your computer is connected to a network, booting up Windows XP can take
a long time.
A big part of this time is taking up by updating the group policies.

This tweak lets you log on before this process is finished. Because of this,
booting up is much faster.

Speedup Network Logon/Boot (Line 79)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Go to the registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system

In this key, look for the following values:

SynchronousMachineGroupPolicy
SynchronousUserGroupPolicy

By default, these values don't exist. If you can't find them, create them as
REG_DWORD values. Set both values to 0.


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm