Re: Slow login after upgrade

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From: Roger Loh (rccloh_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:36:23 +0800

Hi Bob,

I managed to resolve the login slow problem after removing the DSclient

Any idea why?
Try both Windows 2000 dsclient and updated version dsclient same result.

Regards
Roger Loh

"Bob Qin [MSFT]" <bobqin@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39PZlWBNEHA.2524@cpmsftngxa10.phx.gbl...
> Hi Roger,
>
> You can find the following information in the article of 298713.
>
> ############
> After Windows 2000- and Windows XP-based computers join an Active
Directory
> domain, they will not use a Windows NT 4.0-based domain controller for any
> operation that requires them to contact the domain controller. Therefore,
> all of the computers that run Windows 2000 or Windows XP contact only the
> lone Windows Server-based domain controller.
>
> The overloading effect on the domain controller introduces a single point
> of failure. If that lone Windows Server-based domain controller becomes
> unavailable, computers and users cannot contact any other of the
> (non-Windows Server) domain controllers in the domain.
> ############
>
> If you did not add the NT4Emulator registry before you ran DCpromo after
> upgrade to Windows 2003, we need to rejoin the Windows 2000/XP clients to
> domain so that they may use WINNT BDCs for authentication.
>
> This is just temporary solution. After you upgrade enough domain
> controllers in the domain, you can delete the NT4Emulator value from the
> registry on each domain controller.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Qin
> Product Support Services
> Microsoft Corporation
>
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