Re: Extremely long (> 2 minutes) login time with XP pro and AD network

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 02/27/03 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:11:29 -0700

Check that the machines are using the correct
DNS servers and only the correct DNS servers.
If they are using the DNS servers that support
the AD then verify the health of the DNS records.
These check can be done manually by inspection
or by running netdiag on each machine. 

-- 
Roger 
"Rocky Sanders" <rockysanders99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:001e01c2ddaa$06f47ca0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I am setting up a couple of XP pro clients for a small 
> office, where an Active directory network already 
> exists.  I have noticed that the time from when the user 
> presses the 'enter' key at login, to when they actually 
> get to their login is extremely long (generaly over 2 
> minutes).  The W98 and WNT clients on this same network 
> dont have the same problem.  Has anybody seen this, and 
> did they resolve it?  
> thanks in advance

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