Local user and network user are different

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Mike

I've just updated to Win XP Pro on my PC and Server 2003
(Small Business Server) on the server (SBS domain
controller) and I'm just beginning to sleep at nights
again but a couple of things are still bothering me...

1. When I start my PC I get the choice of logging on to
the local machine or to the network domain. Although the
login name is the same in each case (name.surname) I seem
to be two different users depending on which login I
choose - My Documents folder, Start menu etc are
different. Mostly I use the PC on the network but
occasionally take it offsite and use it stand-alone, and
I'd like to be the same user with the same settings, my
docs folder, start menu etc, regardless of whether the
network is there or not. Is this possible? Have I
confgured something wrongly? Or am I just asking too
much???

2. If I login to the local machine XP comes up pretty well
immediately but if I login to the domain it seems to spend
about 90 seconds "applying my personal settings". I can't
help feeling there's something not quite right here!

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very
grateful.

Mike
 
since I work on different sites, I always logon locally. If logon domain
takes long time, it is possible DNS issue.

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-----Original Message-----
I've just updated to Win XP Pro on my PC and Server 2003
(Small Business Server) on the server (SBS domain
controller) and I'm just beginning to sleep at nights
again but a couple of things are still bothering me...

1. When I start my PC I get the choice of logging on to
the local machine or to the network domain. Although the
login name is the same in each case (name.surname) I seem
to be two different users depending on which login I
choose - My Documents folder, Start menu etc are
different. Mostly I use the PC on the network but
occasionally take it offsite and use it stand-alone, and
I'd like to be the same user with the same settings, my
docs folder, start menu etc, regardless of whether the
network is there or not. Is this possible? Have I
confgured something wrongly? Or am I just asking too
much???

2. If I login to the local machine XP comes up pretty well
immediately but if I login to the domain it seems to spend
about 90 seconds "applying my personal settings". I can't
help feeling there's something not quite right here!

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very
grateful.

Mike

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