wXp login to w2000 server

[thecyberninja]

I have just upgraded the lab I work in to win XP from win 2000. The server is still on 2000. Since the upgrade I have noticed a major change in the time it takes to login for each user. On win 2000 it took maybe 1minute at the most. Now it takes 4minutes if i am lucky. If i upgrade the server to 2003 change the login speed? Or should i just stick with win 2000?

Thanks,

brandon

[expertec]

After you installed Windows XP, have you installed all the updates for it?

[spikeychris]

This is almost certainly a DNS issue, you could, On the local client machines, change the TCP/IP settings from auto-detect DNS and add the Domain Controllers IP as the first DNS server in the lookup fields (this should fix the problem). 2k will default to NetBIOS and this is what takes the time.

XP differs from previous versions of windows in that it uses DNS as it's primary name resolution method for finding domain controllers:

How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;314861

If DNS is misconfigured, XP will spend a lot of time waiting for it to timeout before it tries using legacy NT4 sytle NetBIOS.

1) Ensure that the XP clients are configured to point to the local DNS

server which hosts the AD domain. That will probably be the win2k server itself.

They should NOT be pointing an an ISP's DNS server. An 'ipconfig /all' on the XP box should reveal ONLY the domain's DNS server.

2) Ensure the DNS server on the 2K srver is configured to permit dynamic updates. Ensure the server points to itself as a DNS server.

3) For external ( internet ) name resolution, specify your ISP's DNS server not on the clients, but in the forwarders tab of the local win2k DNS server.