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by lego

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I've recently upgraded an NT4.0 network to 2000SBS. I didn't run upgrade. New install on new hardware.
XP Pro ran fine on the 4.0. Now it is painfully slow during the login process. I've disabled the security policies on the SBS. I don't know what is holding the process up. I've also turned off the offline sync. I'm talking 3 or 4 minutes once you type in your password before you get your icons up. It just sits at "Applying personal settings". Everything runs fine once it is logged in. 98machines also work fine. Any help would be appreciated.

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by cdue

Do you have any virusscanner installed? Like Trend Server Protect? This will slow you down alot. Also there are many services that are depending on the network to be up and running. Are this verified ? Is it using an correct DNS for example ?

by bazz00

Is the user profile stored locally on the XP machine or on the server. A slow logon at the loading personal settings stage could be due to the XP machine trying to download a large profile.

Have you tried logging onto the machine with a different user??

The profile could contain a very large My Documents folder or lots of temporary Internet files or a lot of Desktop icons. All of these can result in a very large profile slowing down logon.

Hoe this helps!!

by omarfuentes

Check your "NETWORK", "LMHOSTS", and "HOSTS" files on the XP Machines (usually in the System32 Dir). Add your Domain, Server(s) Name and IP Address(s)

There should be examples on how do this on each file mentioned above.

I had the same issue. Now it work fine. Hope this helps.

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