XP takes long to log on to Windowss 2000 domain

[Mike King]

Hello,

I have 2 XP laptops that log onto a Windows 2000 domain.
The laptops seem to take a long time when logging on to
the domain. The laptops are P4 with 256 meg ram.
The "performance" on the laptops has been set to "best".
The network is only 10 mps. I don't think that the
network speed should have this much of an impact. I could
be wrong.

Please supply links, advice, etc.

Thanks.

Mike King

 

[Nicholas]

Description of the Windows XP Professional Fast Logon Optimization Feature
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305293&Product=winxp

Logon Optimization
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ry/en-us/policy/policy/logon_optimization.asp


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Nicholas

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| Hello,
|
| I have 2 XP laptops that log onto a Windows 2000 domain.
| The laptops seem to take a long time when logging on to
| the domain. The laptops are P4 with 256 meg ram.
| The "performance" on the laptops has been set to "best".
| The network is only 10 mps. I don't think that the
| network speed should have this much of an impact. I could
| be wrong.
|
| Please supply links, advice, etc.
|
| Thanks.
|
| Mike King

 

[CZ]

I have 2 XP laptops that log onto a Windows 2000 domain.
The laptops seem to take a long time when logging on to
the domain. The laptops are P4 with 256 meg ram.
The "performance" on the laptops has been set to "best".
The network is only 10 mps. I don't think that the
network speed should have this much of an impact. I could
be wrong.

Mike:

Use ipconfig /all cmd to verify the laptops are pointing to a domain DNS
server, and not to an ISP's DNS server.
You want all of your domain members to point to a domain DNS server, and
then have a domain DNS server setup for forwarding to your ISP's DNS server.