slow logon with new server and xp

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jono

Hi,

I have just bought a 2.4gh zeon raid 5 server and
installed windows 2000 server. I have approx 20
workstations 15 of which are new and have XP pro installed.

The other 5 are nt workstation and connected to the server
fine. The major problem is that the XP Pro machines take
about 2.5 mins to log on. The nt4 machine take about 10
secs - no different from when they were attached to nt4
srv.

It is definately not a cable issue as the area has been
upgraded recently and the network as a whole is much
faster in terms of transferring data to and from the
server.

The workstations are of high spec too.

Any ideas why the XP machines take so long to log on?

I have disabled file sync option in XP.

The users are going to lynch me if i don't sort this out
fast!!

Please help!

cheers,

jono
Ps. I have AD,DNS and DHCP running. WHEN XP has loaded the
performance is very good.
 
Check the ipconfig/all from the clients and make sure everything is pointing
to your server-IP.
Does DNS on your servernic point to its own IP too?

Marina
 
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