Re: XP slow login on '03 domain & linked GP question
From: Bill Grant (not.available_at_online)
Date: 06/22/04
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:59:45 +1000
Make sure the XP clients point to the local DNS server only. Unlike W9x
and NT (which use the Netbios <domainname 1C > special name), W2k/XP
clients use DNS to find the logon server in an AD domain.
"Darren Mar-Elia" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Nathan-
> Have you run rsop.msc on one of those XP clients to see which policies are
> taking effect? I suspect that you are probably getting some policy after
all
> and that it is timing out for some reason. The RSOP report will tell you
> what policies you are getting. You can also enable verbose "userenv"
logging
> to get a detailed trace of the logon process. Check out
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=221833 for information on
> enabling this logging. I also have implemented a logging ADM template
here:
> www.gpoguy.com/tools.htm that you can use to set this up via GPO itself.
>
> Darren
> http://www.gpoguy.com
>
> "Nathan H" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eJ6ZJ33VEHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Hi all
> >
> > Although the subject tells it all really, just thought I'd add a bit of
> > detail (thus
> > the post to both groups)
> >
> > Have migrated the users from a NT domain into my new 2003 domain and
> > they all seem fine...
> >
> > (except a few problems when they change their password from the default
> > the first time they logon... and the icons and start menu not appearing,
> > etc. even
> > after setting it up and creating a config.pol file)
> >
> > ...on the win 98 clients but with the XP clients, it takes AGES for them
> to
> > log on.
> > It must be a good 5 mins or more before they can do anything but when
they
> > can,
> > its good but not great.
> >
> > The mapped drives appear i.e. H: for a user's Home drive but I couldn't
> get
> > the
> > group policy I *tried* to work. It managed to almost lock me out of the
> > domain
> > controller (guess thats what I get for editing the default domain
policy)
> > but nothing
> > whatsoever changed on the client machines :(
> >
> > Any ideas on these topics as I thought they may be linked somehow!?
> >
> > Also, any good sites & resources for learning about Group Policy, GPO's
> > etc.?, as
> > I'll never get sent on any training for it and my own budget would never
> be
> > able to
> > afford it either.
> >
> > Kind Regards all,
> > Nathan H.
> > Network / IT Administrator - Ysgol Bro Ddyfi (Edu)
> >
> >
>
>
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