I have a Windows 2K Server network consisting of Win2K, Win98 and WinXP clients. Both Win2K and Win98 log on to the domain fine, and can access resources accordingly. When attempting to add an XP box to the domain, it takes an inordinately long time to log on (it does eventually get on). I am running a router doing DHCP (private IP's), and the Win2K server has forward and reverse DNS lookup zones configured accordingly. Anyone ever have this problem? XP Pro boxes seem to hang up for quite some time while attempting to access the domain. Thanks for any help.

Do you have the proper DNS settings in the Properties of TCP/IP on the XP client. Should probably be the same settings as your w2k clients or should be handed out via DHCP. Long logon times are almost always DNS related. Good luck.

I've had the same kinda problem with a win2k advanced server, and xp pro. It wont join the domain at all although my win2k, win98, win ME, win95 join it perfectly

Hi, I am having a very similar problem. But, I have an older NT server (4.0 svp 4). The host machine has FAT16, with some FAT32 and NTFS drives shared over our small network (8 PC's). We have a gateway router and a mix of machines (Win95, Win98SE, Win2000 and XP Pro now). Everything is working great except with the XP machines trying to see the Server or vice-versa. I disabled the firewall and made sure the IP addresses and subnet were all correct. I can ping the server from the XP pro machine but still cannot see any of the shares. I was under the impression network shares donot care what type of partitions you are using and I have each type shared off the server anyways. I have been struggling with this since last week and read most of the responses here on CN forum. I am getting ready to upgrade the server, just out of lack of things to try at this point. I did read somewhere on here that NT 4 (svp 4) has some problems with NTFS volumes, but from the same message - network shares are not dependent on the disk partition type. I know - round and round ... Also, if I do figure it out I will just post the fix here. I read thru the manuals for XP pro - They can participate in a Workgroup or a Domain. Anyways, thanks and talk to you later Kevin

Hi again, Hey, I got lazy and just added NETBEUI to my XP Pro machine. It isn't designed to install NetBEUI. I found that it was easier to install NETBEUI then to find out was is really wrong with my network settings (just kidding). If you add nbf.sys to %systemroot%\system32\drivers and add netnbf.inf to %systemroot%\inf folders - Then, XP will let you add NETBEUI as a protocol. I can share my files now, but will have to find out what is wrong with my TCP/IP configuration. Thanks! Back to it! ...