XP Very SLOW Login NT 4 Server PLEASE 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

 

[glenna]

Point DNS on the XPs to the SERVER not the router.

You can use the GATEWAY to point to the router.
Also, with a Gateway you should not need ISP DNS numbers on the XPs...only the Gateway.

Set up WINS on the Server and the slow load XPs.

GlennA
glenna@abelson.com
MIS

 

[Peterthepooh]

Glenn

Thanks, 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.

Also I tried flushing out the dns cache and registering it.

Thanks,

Peter

 

[glenna]

Set DNS pointing to NT4 Server 192.168.0.10 NOT the Router. Not sure if you did this already.

Did you set up a WINS server on NT4 and WINS client, pointing to the server IP on the bothersome XPs?

If all else fails, make sure LMHOSTS look up is enabled on the server and modify lmhosts on the work station. The instructions are in the lmhosts file.

Sometimes, if I have no real need to put a bothersome work station into the domain I leave it local...but the name and password on Active Directory match the local PCs. I wrote a login script on the server. On each PC, in Docs and Settings, All Users, Start, Programs, Startup I put the same two line batch file:
net use x: \\servername\script-folder-share-name
"x:\loginscript.bat"

That way, if I change the script I still only change it in one place.


GlennA
glenna@abelson.com
MIS