slow after removing Novell
I am in the process of moving my client from Novell to SBS 2008. Aftert I uninstlled all of the Novell components. I rebooted twice then I started the Domain http://connect wizard and joined the computers onto the domain. All of the Computers (XP Pro SP3 are extremely slow. What cleanup steps would you recommend I investigate to find the cause of the slow system?
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Cris Hanna
Also make sure that DNS on the client ONLY points to the IP address of the NIC of the SBS 2008 server
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I checked and there is no information for IPX/SPX in the system.
The DNS on the client also has the correct information for the new server.
The "old" network had hard coded IP address, I did perform the following:
a) change IP configuration to automatic
b) Release
c) flushdns
d) renew
Also I found close to 25 entries in "My Network Places" pointing to the old network. I deleted all of these but the systems are still painfully slow. Example clicking on "My Computer" will take between 30 and 75 seconds to open.
The DNS on the client also has the correct information for the new server.
The "old" network had hard coded IP address, I did perform the following:
a) change IP configuration to automatic
b) Release
c) flushdns
d) renew
Also I found close to 25 entries in "My Network Places" pointing to the old network. I deleted all of these but the systems are still painfully slow. Example clicking on "My Computer" will take between 30 and 75 seconds to open.
My next recommendation is that you run the SBS BPA on the server and correct anything it finds. www.sbsbpa.com)
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The new XP PC's that were never on Novell work fine. I will try this on Tuesday when I am back on site.
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This seems to be something related to the migrated profile. If I log into the slow PC's with a new account it runs fine. I can't think of an easy way to resolve this short of reseeding the profile or re-imaging the PC
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Could I just search the registry for Novell?
Oh absolutely...
Have you verified that Client 32 is fully uninstalled, deleted the directory, run msconfig and verified nothing there point to Client32?
Have you verified that Client 32 is fully uninstalled, deleted the directory, run msconfig and verified nothing there point to Client32?
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I think so, I will recheck tonight on 1 machine.
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Wow, the recent had over 200 items pointing to the old server. I deleted them, and now I will ask the client to see if it is better.