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very slow logon from XP pro workstation

we have a single microsoft small business 2003 server, and 5 xp pro workstations connected in a small network. We are also running exchange. This network has been running fine for the past year, but we are now experiencing speed issues when logging in from each workstation. I have checked the DNS and all looks fine. I can confirm that when we restart the server, it seems to resolve the problem for a short while, but we do not want to have to do this every day. The exchange mailboxes are pretty empty.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can resolve this issue?

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nigelbeatson

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I will be going to the sate later this afternoon, and will provide the information requested at that time.
Many thanks for your help.

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nigelbeatson

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Thankyou for your input. I am going out to this site later on today, so will update everyone at that time. One thing I would point out is that this server / network has been working fine for around a year, and none of the settings have been changed (by design anyway!) since then. Update later.

Brian Pierce

Sometimes the issue can emerge when an external DNS server is specified as an alternate DNS server, most of the time its neve used and everything works fine, but if the preferred server becomes busy, the clients will switch to the alternate server and from that point on all internal name resolution fails and logon slows down or does not happen at all.

suppsaws

the forwarders need to be configured in the 'connect to the internet wizard'.
Rerun that wizard and place your ISP dns servers there.
Also, is your server the DHCP server for the domain, or is DHCP provided by a router? (which is not good)

nigelbeatson

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Sorry for the delay, my visit to site has been delayed to tomorrow afternoon, so I will not be able to update this incident till then. Many thanks for input.

Brian Pierce

OK no problem

nigelbeatson

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I have checked out this site and manually removed the workstation from the domain, deleted the computer from the active directory, renamed the workstation and tried connect mycomputer again. It goes through fine, right up to the point where it usually restarts, and after a short delay, we get the error "An error occured when configuring networking settings. See your network administrator."
Therfore the workstation cannot be added. I can add the workstation to the domain manually, but the login hangs on applying computer settings.
I can login locally.
I tried the other problem workstation and the connectcomputer util seems to have resolved this. Any ideas?

Brian Pierce

Please run IPCONFIG /all on both workstation and server and post the results here.

nigelbeatson

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ipconfig /all for workstation :-
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : alfbws
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ctree.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ctree.local
ctree.local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ctree.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet for hp
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-20-FC-78-C7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.77
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.254
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 17 June 2008 15:40:12
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 25 June 2008 15:40:12

ipconfig /all for server :-

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sbserver
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : ctree.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ctree.local

Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB1 Network Connection with I/O Acceleration
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-92-E0-57-0C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.254
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.254
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.7.254

Hope this helps. Please advise.

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