XP Slow LOGON NT4 Server HELP

[Peterthepooh]

I have read some of the messages in regards to this issue but I am still having trouble so please help.

Server
Compaq Proliant 400
NT4 Server SP6
10 User License
128MB Ram
36GIG SCSI HD

Dlink DI-704 Router
Intel 8 port 10/100 switch

8 workstations all together, 6 of them XP and 2 of them Win98SE

Virus scan completed on ALL workstations and server with nothing found (symantec Antivirus 7.6) updated definitions

All XP workstations have SP1 installed

Network scan using scan.sygate.com shows everything port blocked except for web which is closed.

One day I decided to do ALL the CRITICAL UPDATES for the server (bad mistake) ever since then, here's what happened:

This ONLY happens with XP machines while Win98 machines are operating 100%

-Cannot connect to network drives (an error has occured while connecting to \\server\common The local device name is already in use) (this error is fixed by using Q299444 patch apparently)

-License manager shows Per server reached (30+) much higher than per server purchased (10) There are only 8 workstations.
-XP Log into NT4 server is extremely slow, 5-8 minutes usually. and another 5 minutes to access network folders.

Here's a list of things I've done on the xp machine:

-removed qos scheduler
-disable 802.1x authentication
-Linkspeed changed to 100mps from auto
-disable all flow control things
-Netbios over TCP/IP Disabled
-DNS pointing to DLINK router 192.168.0.1
-WINS pointing to NT4 Server 192.168.0.10

Here's what I did on the server:
-removed some hot fixes, there are so many, so I just deleted the ones that relates to networking:
Q824105 Netbios
Q823492 Named Pipe
Q329115 Certificate Validation
Q326830 Unchecked buffer Network Share
Q323172 Certificate Enrollment
Q320206 Authentication Flaw
Q312895 Multiple UNC Provider
Q305929 Security Rollup package
Q299444 Rollout Package SP6A

If anyone could help me that would be great.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[neoice]

This is simply a DNS issue. I had the same problem when I installed 10 xp machines on my nt4.0 network. I simply installed and configured the DNS server on my NT 4.0 server and now the xp machines log on as normal.

Before my xp machines would take up to 5 minutes to log on, now they take 5 secs.

Hope this helps.

neil

 

[Peterthepooh]

Neil,

Thank you very much for your advice, I created the dns server on the NT 4 box and pointed the xp machines to it and 4 of the machines can logon and access network files with no problems, however, that still leaves 2 xp machines still taking 5 minutes to logon and 5 mintues to access network files. Are there any services I need to turn off on the xp machines? or any network card setting I need to adjust? I'm using intel pro 10/100+ on all the work stations.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[neoice]

on the two remaining machines do the following:

add static ip and dns addresses. make this up however - choose a totally different ip and subnet range. Click on apply. Now change then back to automatically assign IP (DHCP)and reboot. If you are not using DHCP then now put in the IP again.

I have had some strange things happen to my xp machines and this solved one of my problems.

Failing that, just make sure your ISP's IP address is not present in the DNS properties of the workstation.

Neil

 

[Peterthepooh]

Neil,

THanks, I will give it a try. But just for curiosity, what would cause the DNS to go wacky like that? Everything was working fine before, we didn't add any new machines or anything like that.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[yizhar]

HI.

> Netbios over TCP/IP Disabled
I think that you need to enable it, unless you are using other network protocols instead.
Are you?



Yizhar Hurwitz

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