Re: Slow login problems

tommyk wrote:
Hi all,

Hope someone can help with this. I have a laptop that is a domain
member, and when connected to the domain, logs in quick as a flash,
no problems. When I disconnect it from the network the domain is
on, and try and log on again without connecting to any other
network, it logs on no problems (as it should).


The problem I am having is when I am connected to my home ADSL line
for

instance, or any other network not connected to my domain, and I
try to

log on with this account. When I try this, I get an infuriating
wait at

the logon screen. I am putting this down to the fact that the
machine realises that it is connected to a network, and it needs to
find a DC to authenticate with. I have tried tweaking the
ScavengeInterval, ExpectedDialUpDelay registry settings to minimise
the wait, and these have helped, but there is still a 20-30 second
delay when logging on, which is getting very annoying. I've read
elsewhere that disabling the WebClient service helps, but I haven't
found this to be so.


I've also read about and tried the SynchronousMachineGroupPolicy and
SynchronousUserGroupPolicy reg tweaks, but they don't help.


I am always getting an error in the event viewer with Event ID 1054,
which suggests it is the fact it can't find a DC for my domain, but
when I'm not connected to the domain, I don't want it to look for
one for 30 seconds. 10 I would find acceptable, and that would be
more than

sufficient to cope with any network delays.


Has anyone got any suggestions?


Just logon to the computer without a network connection.. I

n other words - don't connect to your network until after you've logged in.
If you have some sort of network connection - your computer is going to look
for the domain - if you don't - the timeout will be much shorter.

Otherwise - setup a local user account - point it to the same directory
(with full permissions to said directory) as your domain account in the
registry - and when you are at home - log in locally to the machine. The
accounts will use the same profile - so you gain the advantages of the
domain logon when you want - at work - and you have the benefits of no wait
everywhere else by logging in locally. You will be responsible for keeping
(or not) the passwords synched.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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