Re: WinXP slow to logon to Win2000 Domain Controller

From: Joey (jsatterf_at_appalachiantech.org)
Date: 05/06/03 

Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 07:36:03 -0700

I ran gpedit.msc because i am having a similar problem and
did not see "Always wait for network at computer startup
and logon"
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Slow logon to domain in XP Pro
>
>You may experience extremely long delays (up to 5
minutes) when logging into domains using Windows
>XP Pro. This is caused by the asynchronous loading of
networking during the boot up process. This
>speeds up the login process in a stand-alone workstation
by allowing the user to log in with cached
>logon credentials before the network is fully ready.
>
>To disable this "feature" and restore your domain logons
to their normal speed,
>
>goto
>Start
>Run
>type
>gpedit.msc
>
><Group Policy window opens>
>
>Computer Configuration
>Administrative Templates
>System
>Logon
>change "Always wait for the network at computer startup
and logon" to ENABLED.
>
>This can be fed to clients via a group policy from a
Windows 2000 server by upgrading the standard
>policy template with the XP policy template. Since this
is an XP only command, non-XP systems will
>ignore it in a domain distributed group policy.
>
>
>
>--
>Steve Parry BA(Hons) MCP MVP
>
>http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
>
>
>.
>

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