windows XP logon delay

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harikumar

Dear Sir,

Please help me to rectify this problem " our Xp clinets having proble
with logon delay its hang on "applying settings" and after 10 minitu
it will login But i can't open "share files and network printers".is i
a problem with the DNS?.

ip address is 172.16.0.59
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 172.16.0.2

Prefered dns : 193.188.97.194
that is ou
ISP
Alternate dns : 193.188.97.212


But i changed to prefered dns as our server IP. i can login quickly.Bu
i cannot browse the Internet and if i disabled netbios over TCP/IP i ca
login easily.

Waiting for your reply


Regards

Harikumar Meno


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harikuma
 
Dear Sir,

Please help me to rectify this problem " our Xp clinets having problem
with logon delay its hang on "applying settings" and after 10 minitus
it will login But i can't open "share files and network printers".is it
a problem with the DNS?.

ip address is 172.16.0.59
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 172.16.0.2

Prefered dns : 193.188.97.194
that is our
ISP
Alternate dns : 193.188.97.212

But i changed to prefered dns as our server IP. i can login quickly.But
i cannot browse the Internet and if i disabled netbios over TCP/IP i can
login easily.

Waiting for your reply

Regards

Harikumar Menon
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If you have DNS on your local server you will need to remove the "." root
zone and you clients will be able to get to the internet. Once you've done
that you should point your XP clients to the local server.

Regards

Bill
 
Harikumar,
If you are running an Active Directory domain then at least one of your
domain controllers is running DNS. Microsoft recommends running DNS on all of
your domain controllers, by the way. If this is the case then your domain
controllers should be configured as DNS clients of themselves and your WinXP
clients configured, either manually or through DHCP, to use your domain
controllers for DNS. Your domain controllers can then be configured as
"forwarders" to your ISP's DNS servers. In this way DNS resolution will
happen locally first (quicker for your local addresses) and then anything
that can't be resolved locally (like Internet addresses) will go out to your
ISP.
As for the hang-up on logging in, there are many, many reasons this could be
happening and Microsoft has a good troubleshooting article in their
knowledgebase, just search on something like "machine hangs on logon". One
thing you might want to do is temporarily disable the WinXP splash screen so
you can see what's going on behind the scenes during logon, perhaps there are
some error messages you might not be seeing. To do this: right click My
Computer, select Properties, and go to the Advanced tab. In the Startup and
Recovery section click on Settings. In the System Startup section, click
Edit. The Boot.ini file will open in Notepad and you will want to add the
switch /SOS to the line that ends in /fastdetect. Save the file, OK your way
out of the dialog boxes and restart your system.
Finally, it is often some kind of antivirus or security program you are
running that is not compatible with WinXP. You can either try fiddling with
the compatibiltiy settings for the program (having WinXP run it as if it were
on Win2K, NT, or 98) or just upgrade to the latest version of the program.
With me it turned out to be versions of MacAfee (old and new) that were
slowing down (like 5 or more minutes) logon of WinXP. Once I disabled the AV
the machines logged on instantly. I switched to Norton AV and the problem was
solved. Hope this helps.
Mike
 
What you need to do is set up the DNS server in your Active Directory domain
to resolve names outside your domain by forwarding them to your ISP DNS
server, then set up your AD domain clients to use only the AD DNS server to
resolve names.

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