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by josepedal 1 view

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my windows xp is taking time logon when I use a user account however when I use admin account its not. I need to check and see if there is a log for this i can find. My other machine is ok using the same user. Im using windows 2000 dc.

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by bogdan.botezatu

Obviously, you have differert software installed on these accounts. The account that performs so slowly may be the most used one, so you should consider maintainance (Try Tune-Up Utilities).Also, disabling unneeded services that initialize with Windows will enhance booting time. You can do this too within the Tune Up Utilities interface.

by older mycroft

After the slow user is logged on.

There is clearly something in the startup sequence for this user that is causing the delays: the times listed in the event viewer will show which processes are causing the delay.

Check for listed entries with any yellow or red flags in the left-hand column.

Event viewer is accessed via Administrative Tools.

by captbilly1eye

I agree with OM.

You could also log in as that user and then go to Start - Run - type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) and click OK.
In the System Configuration Utility, click on the Startup tab.
There you will see a list of all programs loading at startup. You can temporarily uncheck some of these programs to see if it speeds boot time. You may have to do a little investigation to see what listing is related to what program.

The slow boot issue may be related to a Service rather than a program loading at startup.
In the same System Configuration Utility, you can uncheck Services as well. Be VERY careful here. Since disabling the wrong service could render the system un-bootable.
Here are some good articles on what services can be safely disabled and the proper way to do it:
http://tinyurl.com/3bfsxh
http://tinyurl.com/2s4yof
Other than that information, you are on your own.

by josepedal

Hi, tried those one, however when using the same account logging in to a different hardware brand of desktop the account logs in quickly. Any other ideas. Its a single domain. firewall disabled on both production machine.

Created a user account with no rights same if logging to brand 1 machine it takes a lot of time. logging to brand 2 machine takes it fast. However domain admin is the sames on both machine.

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