Re: Slow Network with New SBS 2003 & Old XP Workstations
- From: "kj" <kj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:34:18 -0700
bhaf wrote:
I am having a week from hell with a major problem after going live on
a new SBS 2003 network last weekend. Maybe someone out there can
help. Here's the info:
Perhaps out in left field, but were they using offline files before? Maybe
CSC trying to straighten things out?
BACKGROUND
Although I'm calling this a new SBS setup, it was a migration of
sorts. We had an existing Windows Server/Exchange 2000 setup with 3
servers. After having problems with a swing type migration initially,
I decided to do a clean install of SBS and manually reconfigure it to
match our old domain.
So I did a clean install of SBS Premium 2003 R2, and set up the
domain (with a new internal domain name) to match what we had before.
This was on a separate network so it did not interfere with our live
system. I also set up a Windows 2003 Std server for file/print
serving, and one test workstation. For the workstation, I first
converted it to a workgroup setup, then ran the connectcomputer
wizard to connect to the new domain.
I ran into a few problems, but nothing out of the ordinary. On the
workstation, I had to set some of the local security settings back to
Windows XP defaults to even be able to run the connectcomputer
wizard. But overall, everything seemed to work fine.
To migrate, I copied files (via an external USB drive) from old
server to new, and used ExMerge for mailbox data. I set up the other
14 workstations as I had the test one, and I used the File and
Settings Transfer wizard to save/restore user profiles from the old
setup. Everything seemed to be running fine.
THE PROBLEM
When I came in Monday morning after a long weekend of setting this
up, the problems began. All of the workstations (15 total) are
intermittantly slowing to the point of being unusable. It can take 30
minutes to log on or open an e-mail. The computers don't really
freeze - if you wait long enough, they do what they're supposed to.
At any one time, at least one user is having the problem, but a given
computer may work fine for 4-5 hours or not work for that long. The
same user can go to another computer and have problems or not. The
problems occur even when logged on as a local user - as long as the
computer is attached to the network.
Thinking that since the SBS server was the new part of the equation,
I spent many hours with Microsoft trying all sorts of things on the
server. That yielded nothing. There are no real errors on the servers
or workstations other than occasional ones related to something
timing out.
Finally, I reconfigured a spare workstation (with identical hardware
to many of the live ones) from scratch and joined the new domain. It
has run without problems for the last two days. So my focus has
turned to the workstations. I've followed Microsoft's recommendation
and stopped all non-Microsoft services and disabled the WebClient
service. I searched the registry for references to our old server or
domain name, and changed these to point to the new ones or deleted
them, though I didn't see any entries that would have a real impact.
But I don't know what else to check. My fallback plan is to rebuild
all of the workstations. We only have a couple of models so I can
disk image them to save some time, but I would like to avoid that.
Does anyone have any ideas of what to look for?
FYI, we are using SBS 2003 Premium R2. It has SP2 applied plus all
updates through about two weeks ago. Other server is 2003 Std with
SP2 and recent updates. Workstations are all XP SP2.
Thanks,
bhaf
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/kj
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