Does Windows XP cache user information for a short time?

[Apelinq]

Hi everybody,

The machine involved is a laptop with Win XP Pro SP2 all the latest patches as of one day ago installed. The machine is part of a domain. The machine was on the domain, then taken off the domain for about an hour to go to a remote site. Without being connected to anything later, the user tried to log on but her account was not recognized at all. But upon returning to the office and logging in she was fine (I had her confirm her password several times).

Where does XP cache domain logon information? Can you control how long it keeps that info? Thanks for any help.

 

[kjv1611]

I would think that it would likely be a server issue, rather than Windows XP issue. It sounds like possibly her laptop is setup to only be allowed to connect to the network from specified locations (network jacks).

That's be my first guess.

 

[Apelinq]

We're not set up that granular. Users can logon to their laptops anywhere (into their domain accounts) so they can work offsite. This is the first user who has ever had this problem thus our confusion. The backend is a Windows NT backend - and we have no roaming profiles or anything engaged.