Put the nic on anything but autosense. Make sure that the ipconfig/all shows
that everything is pointing to your server-IP. There are indeed servicepacks
and hotfixes you need to install. Go to Windows Update.

Marina

"Darryl" schreef in bericht
news:3T2dnU57hMk50qSiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> Greetings,
> I have a Dell machine that came with Windows XP Home. Purchased XP
> Professional
> from Dell and updated the machine.
>
> This machine is a client in a small active directory.
>
> Here's the problem.
>
> When you log in and the box pops up about applying personal settings
> it takes a long time (5 minutes ?). The settings file is local, not on
> the network. Once it finishes, everything is OK.
>
> What is taking it so long ? Is there a service pack and do I need to
> install it ?
>
> thanks,
> Darryl
>
>
>
>

Well,
this network uses a hub not a switch (not my choice. I have explained till
I'm blue in the
face. And I've also shown that it costs not much at all to use a switch).

I previously had set the nic from autosense to 10Mb half-duplex (due to hub
not switch).
It helped some. But he problem remains. I am not using roaming profiles
(best as I can tell),
and the destop is pretty vanilla.

thanks for help so far.

-Darryl

wrote in message
news:30bjjvss3e4bvnubrdnnvnv0nv9atlkdfe@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:21:37 GMT, "Marina Roos"
> wrote:
>
> >Put the nic on anything but autosense.
>
> There's a bit of advice guaranteed to cause problems. If you think
> autonegotiation is not working properly, set both ends manually to the
> same config.
>
> If you can only set one end, you MUST set it to half-duplex, otherwise
> you WILL get a duplex mismatch. This is because if a switch or nic
> sees the other end not negotiating, it is required to assume that it
> does not support full dupex.
>
>
> >Make sure that the ipconfig/all shows
> >that everything is pointing to your server-IP. There are indeed
servicepacks
> >and hotfixes you need to install. Go to Windows Update.
>
>
> Have you considered that perhaps the profile is simply huge? I have
> users with roaming profiles that put 500-meg files on their desktop
> and then wonder why it takes forever to login.
>
> -Chris
>
>
> >Marina
> >
> >"Darryl" schreef in bericht
> >news:3T2dnU57hMk50qSiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> >> Greetings,
> >> I have a Dell machine that came with Windows XP Home. Purchased XP
> >> Professional
> >> from Dell and updated the machine.
> >>
> >> This machine is a client in a small active directory.
> >>
> >> Here's the problem.
> >>
> >> When you log in and the box pops up about applying personal settings
> >> it takes a long time (5 minutes ?). The settings file is local, not on
> >> the network. Once it finishes, everything is OK.
> >>
> >> What is taking it so long ? Is there a service pack and do I need to
> >> install it ?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> Darryl
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

The hub doesn't support 100Mb?
What does a ipconfig/all show? What OS on the server and is DNS installed?

Marina

"Darryl" schreef in bericht
news:6U-dna6XwcUY_KeiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> Well,
> this network uses a hub not a switch (not my choice. I have explained
till
> I'm blue in the
> face. And I've also shown that it costs not much at all to use a switch).
>
> I previously had set the nic from autosense to 10Mb half-duplex (due to
hub
> not switch).
> It helped some. But he problem remains. I am not using roaming profiles
> (best as I can tell),
> and the destop is pretty vanilla.
>
> thanks for help so far.
>
> -Darryl
>
> wrote in message
> news:30bjjvss3e4bvnubrdnnvnv0nv9atlkdfe@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:21:37 GMT, "Marina Roos"
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Put the nic on anything but autosense.
> >
> > There's a bit of advice guaranteed to cause problems. If you think
> > autonegotiation is not working properly, set both ends manually to the
> > same config.
> >
> > If you can only set one end, you MUST set it to half-duplex, otherwise
> > you WILL get a duplex mismatch. This is because if a switch or nic
> > sees the other end not negotiating, it is required to assume that it
> > does not support full dupex.
> >
> >
> > >Make sure that the ipconfig/all shows
> > >that everything is pointing to your server-IP. There are indeed
> servicepacks
> > >and hotfixes you need to install. Go to Windows Update.
> >
> >
> > Have you considered that perhaps the profile is simply huge? I have
> > users with roaming profiles that put 500-meg files on their desktop
> > and then wonder why it takes forever to login.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> > >Marina
> > >
> > >"Darryl" schreef in bericht
> > >news:3T2dnU57hMk50qSiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> > >> Greetings,
> > >> I have a Dell machine that came with Windows XP Home. Purchased XP
> > >> Professional
> > >> from Dell and updated the machine.
> > >>
> > >> This machine is a client in a small active directory.
> > >>
> > >> Here's the problem.
> > >>
> > >> When you log in and the box pops up about applying personal settings
> > >> it takes a long time (5 minutes ?). The settings file is local, not
on
> > >> the network. Once it finishes, everything is OK.
> > >>
> > >> What is taking it so long ? Is there a service pack and do I need to
> > >> install it ?
> > >>
> > >> thanks,
> > >> Darryl
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>

"Marina Roos" wrote in message
news:VOt_a.88938$506.85172@typhoon.bart.nl...
> The hub doesn't support 100Mb?
> What does a ipconfig/all show? What OS on the server and is DNS installed?
>
> Marina
>
> "Darryl" schreef in bericht
> news:6U-dna6XwcUY_KeiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> > Well,
> > this network uses a hub not a switch (not my choice. I have explained
> till
> > I'm blue in the
> > face. And I've also shown that it costs not much at all to use a
switch).
> >
> > I previously had set the nic from autosense to 10Mb half-duplex (due to
> hub
> > not switch).
> > It helped some. But he problem remains. I am not using roaming
profiles
> > (best as I can tell),
> > and the destop is pretty vanilla.
> >
> > thanks for help so far.
> >
> > -Darryl
> >
> > wrote in message
> > news:30bjjvss3e4bvnubrdnnvnv0nv9atlkdfe@4ax.com...
> > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:21:37 GMT, "Marina Roos"
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Put the nic on anything but autosense.
> > >
> > > There's a bit of advice guaranteed to cause problems. If you think
> > > autonegotiation is not working properly, set both ends manually to the
> > > same config.
> > >
> > > If you can only set one end, you MUST set it to half-duplex, otherwise
> > > you WILL get a duplex mismatch. This is because if a switch or nic
> > > sees the other end not negotiating, it is required to assume that it
> > > does not support full dupex.
> > >
> > >
> > > >Make sure that the ipconfig/all shows
> > > >that everything is pointing to your server-IP. There are indeed
> > servicepacks
> > > >and hotfixes you need to install. Go to Windows Update.
> > >
> > >
> > > Have you considered that perhaps the profile is simply huge? I have
> > > users with roaming profiles that put 500-meg files on their desktop
> > > and then wonder why it takes forever to login.
> > >
> > > -Chris
> > >
> > >
> > > >Marina
> > > >
> > > >"Darryl" schreef in bericht
> > > >news:3T2dnU57hMk50qSiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> > > >> Greetings,
> > > >> I have a Dell machine that came with Windows XP Home. Purchased XP
> > > >> Professional
> > > >> from Dell and updated the machine.
> > > >>
> > > >> This machine is a client in a small active directory.
> > > >>
> > > >> Here's the problem.
> > > >>
> > > >> When you log in and the box pops up about applying personal
settings
> > > >> it takes a long time (5 minutes ?). The settings file is local,
not
> on
> > > >> the network. Once it finishes, everything is OK.
> > > >>
> > > >> What is taking it so long ? Is there a service pack and do I need
to
> > > >> install it ?
> > > >>

My bad. It is set to 100Mb Half-Duplex. I'll have to check the ipconfig
/all when
I get off work tonight. The server is running Windows 2000 Server and DNS
is NOT installed.

thanks,
Darryl

Install DNS. XP relies on it a lot.

Marina

"Darryl" schreef in bericht
news:ZIWdncXmyviPC6aiRTvU2Q@news.ruraltel.net...
>
> "Marina Roos" wrote in message
> news:VOt_a.88938$506.85172@typhoon.bart.nl...
> > The hub doesn't support 100Mb?
> > What does a ipconfig/all show? What OS on the server and is DNS
installed?
> >
> > Marina
> >
> > "Darryl" schreef in bericht
> > news:6U-dna6XwcUY_KeiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> > > Well,
> > > this network uses a hub not a switch (not my choice. I have explained
> > till
> > > I'm blue in the
> > > face. And I've also shown that it costs not much at all to use a
> switch).
> > >
> > > I previously had set the nic from autosense to 10Mb half-duplex (due
to
> > hub
> > > not switch).
> > > It helped some. But he problem remains. I am not using roaming
> profiles
> > > (best as I can tell),
> > > and the destop is pretty vanilla.
> > >
> > > thanks for help so far.
> > >
> > > -Darryl
> > >
> > > wrote in message
> > > news:30bjjvss3e4bvnubrdnnvnv0nv9atlkdfe@4ax.com...
> > > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:21:37 GMT, "Marina Roos"
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Put the nic on anything but autosense.
> > > >
> > > > There's a bit of advice guaranteed to cause problems. If you think
> > > > autonegotiation is not working properly, set both ends manually to
the
> > > > same config.
> > > >
> > > > If you can only set one end, you MUST set it to half-duplex,
otherwise
> > > > you WILL get a duplex mismatch. This is because if a switch or nic
> > > > sees the other end not negotiating, it is required to assume that it
> > > > does not support full dupex.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Make sure that the ipconfig/all shows
> > > > >that everything is pointing to your server-IP. There are indeed
> > > servicepacks
> > > > >and hotfixes you need to install. Go to Windows Update.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Have you considered that perhaps the profile is simply huge? I have
> > > > users with roaming profiles that put 500-meg files on their desktop
> > > > and then wonder why it takes forever to login.
> > > >
> > > > -Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >Marina
> > > > >
> > > > >"Darryl" schreef in bericht
> > > > >news:3T2dnU57hMk50qSiRTvUqA@news.ruraltel.net...
> > > > >> Greetings,
> > > > >> I have a Dell machine that came with Windows XP Home. Purchased
XP
> > > > >> Professional
> > > > >> from Dell and updated the machine.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> This machine is a client in a small active directory.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Here's the problem.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> When you log in and the box pops up about applying personal
> settings
> > > > >> it takes a long time (5 minutes ?). The settings file is local,
> not
> > on
> > > > >> the network. Once it finishes, everything is OK.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What is taking it so long ? Is there a service pack and do I
need
> to
> > > > >> install it ?
> > > > >>
>
> My bad. It is set to 100Mb Half-Duplex. I'll have to check the ipconfig
> /all when
> I get off work tonight. The server is running Windows 2000 Server and DNS
> is NOT installed.
>
> thanks,
> Darryl
>
>