xp can't log on to network

  • Thread starter Thread starter allan grossman [mvp]
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allan grossman [mvp]

Hi, Al -

There are two solutions I can think of.

First, you can wait fifteen seconds or so for all the
network services to start before trying to log on.

Another idea is to set a local policy using the Group
Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) to force the workstation to
wait for the network before logging on. You can find
this policy in the policy editor under

Local Computer Policy --> Computer Configuration -->
Administrative Templates --> System --> Logon

You'll see a policy in there to "Always wait for the
network at computer startup and logon". Set that
to "Enabled" and you should be fine.

hth -
 
-----Original Message-----
Hi, Al -

There are two solutions I can think of.

First, you can wait fifteen seconds or so for all the
network services to start before trying to log on.

Another idea is to set a local policy using the Group
Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) to force the workstation to
wait for the network before logging on. You can find
this policy in the policy editor under

Local Computer Policy --> Computer Configuration -->
Administrative Templates --> System --> Logon

You'll see a policy in there to "Always wait for the
network at computer startup and logon". Set that
to "Enabled" and you should be fine.

hth -
Click to expand...

thanks for the input, i tried Enable the "Always wait...."
through Group Policy, it now logs on, however, extremely
slow. it takes ~3-4min to "Preparing network
connections...", then another 2min at "Loading personal
settings....". changing DNS server setting to point to the
domain server didn't help.

this computer used to logon fine, don't know what
happened. we have two other XP laptops on the network,
none has this problem.......

al
 
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