Outlook 2003 very slow on SBS 2003 / DC setup



Hey

In short we have the following setup

A Exchange 2003/domain server running on SBS 2003 R1. This DC is backup DC
and
is hosted in a remote location and is accessed through VPN. Additionally we
have a primary Win 2000 DC which is placed locally on the netowork. These
two DC is replicated.

Our (primary) problem is that Outlook 2003 (on Windows XP machines) which is
connected to the SBS Exchange server with standard Exchange setup (no RPC
over
HTTP eg) is extreemly slow. It can take up to 4 minutes to start Outlook
2003 up. The machine is using almost 0% CPU time but is completly
non-responding while Outlook is starting up. Aprox 20% of the machines do
however startup normally within 5 seconds.

Many "googlings" has mentioned DNS problem as possible cause. We have tried
to add the Exchange servers IP/DNS in the clients HOSTS without any results.
Neither the clients nor the Server has any error in the Event log to guide
us in a direction.

Any suggestion will be wellcommed!!

Regards
Anders





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