I have pc's on a server 2003 domain and when my clients log on to windows it takes for ever for the log in process to complete and the desktop to come up. I had a friend who said it could be something to do with the DNS but I am not sure on this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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very slow logon to windows
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Make sure the DNS is specified on the clients machine. I have a Windows 2003 test server setup, and I was having like 4 to 5 minute delays on logins (with roaming profiles set). Managed to fix it by making sure the client machines were pointing to the appropriate DNS Server.
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I have the same problem with very slow login times but the clients already have their DNS pointing to the servers ip address. Here is the full situation:
Fresh install of the server OS as we had a hard drive crash and the raid mirroring failed. Used the same domain name, ie internal.ls
Server - Win 2003 Server Stn SP2, GPMC with SP1, SP2 Administration Tools Pack. DNS and DHCP installed and configured.
Clients - WinXP Pro SP2 (desktops and laptops)
Problems: I tried to configured DNS and DHCP as they were last time I diod it but maybe I've got something wrong as are not working correctly. DNS and DHCP service says it is started. Below is the servers log from ipconfig /all
Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\it>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : internal.ls
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : internal.ls
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-7B-B4-54
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.116.160.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.116.160.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.116.160.2
C:\Documents and Settings\it>
Fresh install of the server OS as we had a hard drive crash and the raid mirroring failed. Used the same domain name, ie internal.ls
Server - Win 2003 Server Stn SP2, GPMC with SP1, SP2 Administration Tools Pack. DNS and DHCP installed and configured.
Clients - WinXP Pro SP2 (desktops and laptops)
Problems: I tried to configured DNS and DHCP as they were last time I diod it but maybe I've got something wrong as are not working correctly. DNS and DHCP service says it is started. Below is the servers log from ipconfig /all
Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\it>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Server
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : internal.ls
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : internal.ls
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-7B-B4-54
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.116.160.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.116.160.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.116.160.2
C:\Documents and Settings\it>
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