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by john.m1

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Lan = 2003 SBS and 35 Win2k desks

the Win2003 SBS server is only a couple of months old, the rest of the Lan goes back 4/5 years, workstations vary in age but all Win2K. plus a couple of Win-XP Laptops connected.

I'm looking for suggestions, what to check out.

Why do the workstations stay on the "Preparing Network Connections" screen for a full (timed it) 10 minutes before going to the ctrl+alt+del Login screen?

that's it, help me if you can please

JohnM

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by sgt_shultz

so per that article, my suggestion would be get the latest sp4 on all the 2k clients. did you mention what sp level they were?

by adembo

Ive seen that before because of a DNS problem. My DNS servers were not replicating, and after correcting that problem, the logon time got back to normal.

by d.grenfell

I have a w2k pro system and was plagued by the same problem for over a year. Answer was so simple, it was embarassing. If you have set up windows and accidently specified that it would be part of a domain, and then later decided that it would only be part of a peer to peer network, the "net logon" service is set to automatically start. This service searches for a domain until it times out if not found. DISABLE this service and watch your system fly.

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