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Having a problem when login to the domain,Its taking about two minutes everytime.Just wanted to know if there is something that I can change to fix that.
Well, it always takes a long time to connect to a domain. I don't think there would be anyway to make it faster to work! or at least I don't know how!
sorry!
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If you are using windows XP client, make sure the primary DNS entry is for the local DNS server. If you use your ISP's DNS as the primary DNS then it can take a while.
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It is absolutely incorrect that logging on to your domain will always be slow, no matter what.
There is a fix for this problem from Microsoft. For more information, visit
http://www.phenomenalsolutions.com/node/view/91
You should also check dns settings, etc., but I'll assume you would have already done that. Just be sure you are running dns, and that the client's dns is pointing to your servers LAN IP address.
Please note, that the fix I mentioned above, is not 100% effective. I had this problem recently, and loaded the fix, but while login time was cut in half, it still took about a minute. This is not acceptable.
Unfortunately, the only fix I have found for this is to reformat each client computer and set it up on a domain through initial Windows XP setup. The fresh systems are now logging on as fast if not faster than they would using a standard local account.
My point is, you don't have to live with a slow login problem. Good luck my friend.
Regards,
Tommy B
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Interesting Tommy, I have just installed a new server that had Server 2003 preinstalled. I couldn't get it to work properly until I reinstalled the OS. I'm having the same slow XP logon problems. I did try reinstalling XP but I didn't reformat the drive first. I'll try that next.
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As Mattyl pointed out, you need to set your primary DNS settings to the local DNS server on the workstations.
If the DNS is running on the same server, it will be the local ip address of your server.
You should be able to do this by goin to DNS scope on your server and put the local IP address of your server as primary DNS, so that it will dish out the local ip address as the primary DNS to the workstations thus making the name resolution faster, consequently faster login. Also, make sure DNS service is running on the in services.If this helped, let us know.
jti
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Sheesh!! Format the drive for slow logon??? Give me a break. It's a DNS issue as others have said. Alireza - it always takes a long time to log into a domain?? Obviously you aren't a network administrator. No it doesn't.
If your DNS is set up correctly on the server and your clients are configured with the proper DNS server, your logon will be virtually instant.
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We had a very slow login issue at one point from a WinXP client onto our W2K domain. We resolved it by turning on port fast at the switch.
Just my 2 cents.
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I am not an expert but the problem has been irritating me also with several XP Professional machines. I tried the solution above with the hot fix but it did not solve the problem. This is what did on serveral machines. I am runing a domain with Windows 2000 server (DHCP at the hardware firewall). I usually have automatic DNS under TCP/IP in the network conneciton. I changed it to the ip of my server and logged in again and the problem was solved. Then I changed it back to automatically and it still was fixed. I agree - Forget the re-formatting of the drive.
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pls check wether your DNS server is configured as a root server,if so you will have promlem.else add root hints in your server.
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