Re: XP Boots Fast, But Logs On Really Slow

Bobby wrote:
> But this only happens when the laptop is off site (out of office
> areas) such as at someone's house, or a cafe, or wherever it may be
> and regardless if it is wireless or not. Would it still be the same
> conclusion?
>
> Bobby
>

This is different information from your original post. You originally said
it happened at the office as well. Misconfigured DNS problems usually show
up as a long pause during "Applying network settings" before you get the
logon prompt. The errors in the logs however point to a DNS problem. This
makes me believe it may be a problem with a firewall or some other program
or service that starts up after logon.

Check the TCP/IP settings and see if there is a manually configured DNS
server. Is the laptop using a 3rd party firewall or the XP SP2 firewall?
>From msconfig try a diagnostic startup or try safe mode with networking and
see what happens.

Kerry

> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message
> news:OOjNxZ0%23FHA.2520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It sounds like the laptop is configured for the wrong DNS server or a
>> firewall is blocking access to the DNS server.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>> Bobby wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I apologize for taking so long to update this posting. I haven't
>>> had access to the laptop in question for a while now. I did look
>>> at the event viewer and well discovered several events. Keep in
>>> mind this is all happening even though the laptop is set to obtain
>>> an IP address dynamically. Here are the event IDs discovered in the
>>> application log only, slowdowns not only occurred during the logon
>>> but also whilst the computer is running (briefly though):
>>>
>>> ERROR - event ID 1054: DNS server unreachable or not valid. Domain
>>> controller could not be located
>>>
>>> ERROR - event ID 15: automatic certificate enrollment for local
>>> system failed to contact the active directory. the specidified
>>> domain either does not exisr or could not be contacted. enrollment
>>> will not be performed
>>>
>>> WARNING - event ID 11165: system failed to register hosta (a)
>>> resource records (RRs) for network adapter...
>>>
>>> ERROR - event ID 29: the time provider NtpClient is configured to
>>> acquire time from one or more time sources, however none of the
>>> sources are currently accessible. no attempt to contact a source
>>> will be made for 14 minutes...
>>>
>>> These are some of the events that I think are relevant to the
>>> situation here. If anyone can come up with suggestions or remedies
>>> that would be greatful. I've tried Msconfig and that isn't of much
>>> help in this situation (I know it can be very helpful at times
>>> though).
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Bobby
>>>
>>> <johntavares214@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:1133608521.224765.65710@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Bobby, I would definitely check the Event logs. In addition to
>>>> that I would run msconfig from the Run prompt. In here you can see
>>>> everything that happens during startup. Microsoft was pretty slick
>>>> with Windows XP, they allow a fast boot but most services start
>>>> during your logon. If you have many items in the Startup tab that
>>>> don't necessarily have to be running then that could be your
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> Good Luck,
>>>>
>>>> John



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