campbell06410
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XP logons taking a long time
we have a 2000 domain with AD and group policy running-- however the logins take a tremendous amount of time - we have disabled the virus scan - check msconfig for startup- deleted cached profiles-- deleted user accounts-- we even did the suggestion from this forum to enabled the "always wait for the network" in group policy on the local box
doing all of these tasks did not help in any way-- the logins can take up to 2 minutes to apply.
the errors we were getting are userenv, 1505, 1053
were also getting and auto enrollment error eventid 15
we also disbaled the background intelligence transfer
HELP
we have had this issue for about 4 months
doing all of these tasks did not help in any way-- the logins can take up to 2 minutes to apply.
the errors we were getting are userenv, 1505, 1053
were also getting and auto enrollment error eventid 15
we also disbaled the background intelligence transfer
HELP
we have had this issue for about 4 months
Miscellaneous information (Probably not useful)
Windows XP May Slow Down If Users Are Logged On with Fast User Switching
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312058
If you have shared resources that you access through the Network Neighborhood then look at this:
Possible Solutions to Slow Network Browsing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/slowbrowse02.htm
Windows XP May Slow Down If Users Are Logged On with Fast User Switching
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312058
If you have shared resources that you access through the Network Neighborhood then look at this:
Possible Solutions to Slow Network Browsing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/slowbrowse02.htm
XP relies heavily on DNS in networks.
When XP log's onto a Win2k domain, it uses DNS, so if you don't have a local DNS server setup correctly, it will take a long time to boot up.
Make sure your XP's computer has it's DNS server set correctly, and the DNS server is operating correctly.
Slade
yes, first thing to do is to ck your DNS for any errors... run the following tests:
DCDiag and NetDiag in Windows 2000 Facilitate Domain Join and DC Creation:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=265706
HOW TO: Use the Network Diagnostics Tool (Netdiag.exe) in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321708
Description of the DNSLint Utility and dnslint.exe dnload:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321045
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Then, if your slow logons continue you can use a reg hack to discover what part of the logon process is slowing you down..
You can determine which part of the login is slow by enabling the userenv.log in verbose mode on the client machine which will tell you how much time is taken at each process of the logon. Start > Run > Regedit
Then drill down to:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WI
Create key D_WORD
UserEnvDebugLevel = 10002 (Hex)
Then do your logon. After logon check C:\Winnt\Debug\Usermode\us
It will show you the details of your logon and probably help you pinpoint which part of the logon is slow. One thing though, you might need to take time to analyze the log as it can be quite long....
FE
DCDiag and NetDiag in Windows 2000 Facilitate Domain Join and DC Creation:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=265706
HOW TO: Use the Network Diagnostics Tool (Netdiag.exe) in Windows 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321708
Description of the DNSLint Utility and dnslint.exe dnload:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321045
=========
Then, if your slow logons continue you can use a reg hack to discover what part of the logon process is slowing you down..
You can determine which part of the login is slow by enabling the userenv.log in verbose mode on the client machine which will tell you how much time is taken at each process of the logon. Start > Run > Regedit
Then drill down to:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WI
Create key D_WORD
UserEnvDebugLevel = 10002 (Hex)
Then do your logon. After logon check C:\Winnt\Debug\Usermode\us
It will show you the details of your logon and probably help you pinpoint which part of the logon is slow. One thing though, you might need to take time to analyze the log as it can be quite long....
FE
Correction... on your XP systems the log is:
C:\Windows\Debug\Usermode\
:)
C:\Windows\Debug\Usermode\
:)
Split them up...
ASKER
Actually-- I found the answers to my own questions by a tons of research and troubleshooting -
on our setup in AD we were only using the User configurations setting and had nothing applied in the computer configurations settings - so the logins were running through the user settings and then sitting there in the computer settings - when we checked to disable the computer setting things moved quicker
we also disabled all offline syncronization - that was a setting I saw through another forum -
disabled all file and print sharig (which by the way when you call Microsoft- every other tech disagreed on this-- but I will tell you for us this worked to have it disabled)
so the items together combined solved the issue.
on our setup in AD we were only using the User configurations setting and had nothing applied in the computer configurations settings - so the logins were running through the user settings and then sitting there in the computer settings - when we checked to disable the computer setting things moved quicker
we also disabled all offline syncronization - that was a setting I saw through another forum -
disabled all file and print sharig (which by the way when you call Microsoft- every other tech disagreed on this-- but I will tell you for us this worked to have it disabled)
so the items together combined solved the issue.
Good for you.. Everything you mentioned makes perfect sense.
Suggest a refund then..
FE
Suggest a refund then..
FE
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