Slow Printing

[XofCDe3rd]

Hello all

I have a new windows xp laptop which has been added onto a windows 2k domain although this process was painfully slow. Printing to a network printer is either too slow or documents do not print at all.

My searches to find a reason for this has been far from fruitful

Observations and additional info that may help:
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[li]The server was upgraded from NT4 server to 2k server by another IT worker.[/li]
[li]Uses DHCP for allocation of addresses (set up wit NT4 server)[/li]
[li]all machines previously on domain before upgrade have no problem printing to network printer[/li]
[li]adding the machine to a different 2k domain was much faster and printing was not a problem[/li]
[/ul]

I have a voice telling me that it may have been the NT4 -> 2k domain upgrade which is contributing to the general slowness of this network and giving me the problem with printing from a newly added machine. Maybe something was overlooked when upgrading which is causing me the headache now?

Ta in Advance

 

[porkchopexpress]

Is the DHCP handing out the address of your internal DNS server not your ISP?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300202&sd=tech

 

[teckystuff]

Check the event viewer on the dodgy PC and specifically look for any IP conflicts with other machines. You can also try and give this machine a static IP address to test to see if it helps. Otherwise I would suggest you remove the machine from the domain - delete all reference to it in Active Directory and then add it again. It woories me that you say it took for ever to initially add itself to the domain and I think thay may be where the problem lies.

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[Seaspray0]

agree with porkchop on this one. It seems almost every lag like the one you describe has been related to a name resolution issue. Check your DHCP and make sure it's not attempting to register DNS records for hosts if they are running 2000 or XP.

Start, Help. You'll be surprised what's there. A+/MCP/MCSE/MCDBA

 

[XofCDe3rd]

Thanks porkchopexpress, teckystuff n seaspray0.....

I also very much agree on the DNS thing.....

but I forgot to mention that the network in concern does not have a dedicated connection to an ISP. only certain users on the network are able to dail out and connect to the internet.

I shall take a look at the dns and dhcp settings and then get back to you. all