REPLY -- XP slowness logging into an AD domain

From: Scott (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 05:49:37 -0700

Thanks for the replies. I'll check the DNS settings
including the SRV record on the XP workstations as well as
the server. It may be worth re-installing DNS on the
server.

Someone else mentioned they also had this issue and the
local XP profile was corrupt. By creating a new local
profile and a server user account, their problem with slow
logins seemed to be fixed.

Between the above two items this should fix the issue.
I'll be onsite later this week and I'll post the results.

Later.

>-----Original Message-----
>Several other techs and myself noticed a 3-4 minute delay
>with an XP Pro machine logging into AD. The Win98
>machines log in instantly and the XP machines just hang
at
>the logon box or loading settings. The KB article 329457
>referenced similar symptoms with group policy usage
>slowing up the logins considerably for XP machines.
>However, there is only the basic GP in place-nothing to
>cause delays. I was going to run the fix referenced in
>the above KB from Microsoft, but did not know if anyone
>else had any suggestions.
>
>An unsupported/non-Microsoft article reference the WMI
>c:\windows\repository\*.* files being corrupt. Stop the
>WMI service and then delete the contents of the
repository
>folder. Restart the machine (at which time the WMI
>service is restarted) and then see if the login issue is
>improved. This fix did not make much sense.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Scott
>
>.
>

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