RE: Strange logon problem, takes minutes to logon to Windows XP SP

This might help a little:

This is caused by the asyncronous loading of networking during the boot up
process. This speeds up the login process in a stand-alone workstation by
allowing the user to log in with cached logon credentials before the network
is fully ready.

To disable this "feature" and restore your domain logons to their normal
speed, open the MMC and add the group policy snap-in. Under Computer
Configuration-->Administrative Templates-->System-->Logon, change "Always
wait for the network at computer startup and logon" to ENABLED.

However, I have the same issue and did this and it only made it a little
faster and did not give me the error msg that "windows cannot find the domain
profile and is trying to logon with your local profile", and another msg
after this saying: "windows could not find your local profile and logging you
in using a default profile (which looks like mandatory profile). So any way,
try this and let us know if it works.
Good luck,
BK


"scott" wrote:

> I am experiencing this same issue, I have removed the computer from the
> domain then changed the computer name and reinstalled the computer in the
> domain, I installed a static IP address, removed the old DNS and WINS record
> then recreated all of the reocords with the new static IP address and still
> have the same issue where it takes up to 20 minutes to login. I looked in
> the event viewer and it mentioned to me that there might be an issue updating
> Group Policy so when I was able to access the computer I ran a GPUPDATE which
> completed successfully and made sure I could ping the server using ghe FQDN.
>
> In additon I am running a Windows SBS2003 and have 5 other users that are
> not having any issues. All computers in the domain run windows XP SP2.
>
> Any help would be appreciated in resolving this issue.
>
> Thank you,
> --
> scott
>
>
> "Bash" wrote:
>
> > I logged on with my domain account but by then we applied the workaround so
> > the logon went smoothly and quick, when I enabled the Network Location
> > Awareness service again and rebooted I tried it again as myself and it took
> > many minutes again. I forgot to mention that if these machines boot without a
> > network cable plugged in I can logon normal (quick) with cashed credentials.
> > I am clueless…..
> >
> > Thanks
> > BasH
> >
> >
> > "Katrina" wrote:
> >
> > > If you log in to those computers as somebody else, does it have the same
> > > delay? If not, re-create the user profiles that have the delay.
> > > --
> > > Katrina
> > >
> > >
> > > "Bash" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Since last week I have 2 computers in my organization that suddenly takes up
> > > > to 5 minutes before the user is logged on. Everything looks fine when the
> > > > computer boots and the user logs on and it just sits there applying the
> > > > computer settings. I opened a ping to the computers and get a request timed
> > > > out the whole time until all of a sudden (after minutes) I get a reply and
> > > > the user finally logs on and can get to work.
> > > >
> > > > We found a work around by disabling the “Network Location Awareness (NLA)�
> > > > service. If we do that everything looks fine. But this is not a solution
> > > > because we need that service for our group policies.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody seen this behavior before?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > BasH