windows 2003 server takes forever to start up

[newkidontheblock]

anyone know why it takes windows 2003 server about 15 minutes to start. i have active directory installed and one workstation joined to the domain. i have set static ip addresses for both the workstation and the server. is it normal for AD to take fifteen minutes to load. after the login is entered it runs great. any ideas? i am an mcp and have n+ and a+ so i have clean machines as far as startup. thanks.

one more thing this was an upgrade from win 2000 server and this is the evaluation version 180 day from microsoft.

 

[yizhar]

HI.

Some ideas:

Are you using a crossover cable or HUB/SWITCH?
Is the workstation active when you boot the server (so the NIC can establish link and TCP/IP)?

Try to install the virtual MS Loopback network adaptor on the server and give it an IP address.

The primary DNS server configured in "Local LAN" TCP/IP should be the server itself (or 127.0.0.1), and not the ISP!

Try this:
Start the server (either normaly or safe mode).
In "SERVICES" or MSCONFIG disable some services, then check which service is causing the delay.

It could also be a hardware driver issue.



Yizhar Hurwitz

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

 

[Mturner]

check your dns basicly, that tends to be the problem most of the time, it was for me!

Marc Turner
Network Manager

E-Mail: Mturner@turnerm3.fsnet.co.uk