XP Login extremely slow for one user

[Ben]

I have one single user experiencing this issue on my
network. The user is using Windows XP connecting to
Windows 2000 PDC. The TCP/IP is hardcoded as is the
internal DNS server. When the user attempts to login
with their network profile it takes up to 20 minutes. If
I login as the network admin or locally it is almost
instantaneous.

I have disjoined and re-joined the computer to the domain.

I have deleted the users profile and attempted to
recreate it.

All windows updates are on the computer EXCEPT sp2.

The users network ID will work anywhere else on the
network.

I am ready to tear my eye balls out!! Any help would be
greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks much!!
Ben Hebert
ben.hebert(remove me)@linium.com

 

[Guest]

does the user have a lot of mounted drives on networked
machines? these can really slow you down. Also look for
spyware/malware/excessive startup programs and the like.
Finally, roaming accounts means massive data transfer for
poorly arranged systems. Move big files off the desktop,
mycrap folders, etc into a un-transferred network visible
location. Remember outlook makes large files and email
transfers too.

 

[adam]

I found that it depends upon which types of programs the user are
running. For example the accounting package that my company uses leaves
registry keys open this causes that user account to run slow in the
login and logoff although all other user accounts that do not use this
accounting package are fine. I found that by running the user profile
hive cleanup service that these account no longer experiance the lag.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en

 

[ain't ms grand]

I found this issue with logging into an nt 4 domain. For
testing purposes I booted the computer with the network
unplugged. It came up fast that way. The end result was to
update the nic drivers on the server. Hope this helps.