slow logon to win 2k

[jono261970]

Hi,

I have just bought a 2.4gh zeon raid 5 server and installed windows 2000 server. I have approx 20 workstations 15 of which are new and have XP pro installed.

The other 5 are nt workstation and connected to the server fine. The major problem is that the XP Pro machines take about 2.5 mins to log on. The nt4 machine take about 10 secs - no different from when they were attached to nt4 srv.

It is definately not a cable issue as the area has been upgraded recently and the network as a whole is much faster in terms of transferring data to and from the server.

The workstations are of high spec too.

Any ideas why the XP machines take so long to log on?

I have disabled file sync option in XP.

The users are going to lynch me if i don't sort this out fast!!

Please help!

cheers,

jono
Ps. I have AD,DNS and DHCP running. WHEN XP has loaded the performance is very good.



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[yizhar]

HI.

Configure in network settings of all computers (including the server itself):
DNS server = ip address of your server.

That should do the trick.

Also check Event viewer on server and workstations.



Yizhar Hurwitz

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[jono261970]

WoW!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks yizhar,

The xp machines now log on just fine. before the dns were set to the ISP which I guess is why it took so long!

The machines now cannot connect to the internet but i imagine that is something to do with my DNS server. I shall look into it shortly.

Again, thanks!

cheers,

jono


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[yizhar]

HI.

Next step:
At the server, go to:
Administrative Tools
DNS
Double click your server.
Forward Lookup Zones
If you have a "root" zone, you should delete it.

Now restart the DNS service, and again go to:
Administrative Tools
DNS
Now right click your server and choose: "Properties"
Forwarders
Select "Enable Forwarders"
Add the IP addresses of your ISP DNS servers here.

That should be it.



Yizhar Hurwitz

http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar

 

[jono261970]

Hi Yizar,

I cannot thank you enough!

All is now ready for Monday morning and I can now relax. Have a good weekend.

Cheers,

Jono



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