Re: domain logon for laptop users

The problem is the laptop is looking for an answer from the DNS server from
the domain in which they belong. It has to time out before moving on, so if
the laptop user has network connectivity with an ip address this is going to
continue to occur.

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"OM" <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I posted this question on few forums before and didn't seem to find any
solution. I am trying it one more time.

My question is how laptop domain users normally logon to their laptops
when they are not in their local network. I realized people can use cached
credential if the machines are not attached to the network. This works
fine if the laptop is not seeing any network connectivity. However, I
found that the laptop can take up to 5 mins to logon to their desktop if
the machine is connected to a different network other than the one with
the DC reside. I know there are few work around, e.g. logon to it using a
local user account or disable/disconnect any wire/wireless connection
prior to the logon, but all these are not that seamless to the end users.

Thanks, Any help would be appreciated.


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