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Long Win2000 Network Logon times

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by cwhite

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We recently upgraded to Win2000 servers and workstations (some still in progress). As soon as Win2000 was upgraded on the WINNT workstations logon times have increased tremendously. What has caused this? Although we have some roaming profiles, most are local.

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by quintar51

Hi,

usually when you have long logon times, whether it's local or roaming, you'll get a message about it in the event viewer. Check the system log for any USERENV errors.

by cj.morgan

Not sure if the same applies to workstation, but check your network connection properties (TCP/IP). We just upgraded an NT 4.0 server to Win2000, and the option to "register this connection's address in DNS" was checked. I knew for a fact that ourDNS guy (which our DNS runs on BIND), is not allowing the machines to dynamically register. The machine would hang at the "preparing network connection" dialog box during boot up for 5 minutes or more until finally giving me the logon prompt. I unchecked this option and the reboot went much quicker.

by jasonschambers

You may need to make sure you have entered the DNS server ip address in the network properties....at least that was my problem when I had 5 minute login times

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