20 seconds to launch

[MountainNetworks]

Hi:

Cute subject, very frustrating problem.

Background:

THIS IS A FRESH INSTALL OF WINDOWS 2000 Advanced Server

Client gave me a Dell Precision 530 to convert to a server. The original hardware was:

Dual Xeon Processors
1GB Ram
Qty 3 162GB SCSI Hard Drives (Fujitsu)
LSI Logic ultra320 SCSI Adapter
IDE DVD Drive
IDE CDRW Drive

Machine is now running windows 2000 advanced server.

Setting this machine up was a bit of a challenge. My first problem was finding a used RAID 5 controller card. The brand new ones were selling for $400 and up. So I went to my trusty local used parts store where I picked up a compaq smart 532 scsi ultra162 array controler. It didn't work. Turns out that card requires a compaq motherboard. Back to the store I went and exchanged it for a Dell Perc Ultra2 RAID Controller. Finally I could beging creating my RAID 5 array and installing windows.

I set the system up with a 15GB C: drive partition and the remaining 250GB or so was assigned to the D: drive partition.

Installation went great...didn't need WINS and I haven't configured DNS yet. I set the server up as an application server with Terminal Services. Configured Active Directory just fine and all is well.

My experience has its limitations. I've installed roughly 10 instances of Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server from scratch and a few more pre-installed from Dell.

Here's my new problem which I've never encountered before. Whenever I try to launch anything from Administrative Tools, it takes 20 seconds or more for the application to display. Let's take "Active Directory Users and Computers" for example. I select it, or double click on it from the desktop shortcut. Nothing happens. You have to wait 20 seconds and then the window opens. None of the other installed applications seem to have this problem.

Has anyone had specific experience with this problem before?

 

[markdmac]

You have given some conflicting and incomplete information.

1. Is TS a DC? A TS in application mode should not be a DC.

2. You say you have not set up DNS but that you installed AD. AD requires DNS. Please elaborate.

3. did you install SP4 and all critical updates?

4. How have you configured DNS on the NICs and in the DNS Server?


I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[MountainNetworks]

I have fixed this problem. I didn't have DNS configured properly so that the server was pointing to itself as the DNS server. All Administrative tools launch right away. It has nothing at all to do with the RAID after all.

markdmac:

The user can only afford one server. They need remote access to that server. They want terminal services access to that one server. I must do what my client wants. So whether or not it "should" be done, that's the way it is. I've got 3 other servers running like this...2 of them for years and there's no problems.

Regarding my original post and DNS. I just used the defaults...so it was using DHCP until I could deploy it onsite with the static IP. It was here, after correctly configuring DNS, the system worked as it should.

Regarding updates. My own personal standard operating procedure before running to the newsgroups and wasting everyone's time is to do ALL critical and recommended updates. So yes, this server had svcpk4 with all subsequent updates.

Thanks for replying and being willing to help. Sorry if I wasn't clear. The problem is all fixed now

Thanks....