Laptop takes long time to open the applications if not on Domain

I am a domain user in the office. Primary DNS is set as IP of my DC. If I
connect my laptop in other office which is not having domain, I can login to
my laptop using domain credentials without any problem. But after the login,
performance degrades a lot. Opening My Computer or Internet Explorer takes
time. Opening new blank tab in Internet Explorer takes more than 15 to 20
seconds. What do I need to do to resolve this?

You may have some persistent mapping. To confirm this, post back with the
result of net use.

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"Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:88938D57-AFCD-475B-ACB9-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am a domain user in the office. Primary DNS is set as IP of my DC. If I
> connect my laptop in other office which is not having domain, I can login
> to
> my laptop using domain credentials without any problem. But after the
> login,
> performance degrades a lot. Opening My Computer or Internet Explorer takes
> time. Opening new blank tab in Internet Explorer takes more than 15 to 20
> seconds. What do I need to do to resolve this?
>
>

In other office net use shows K: \\group_net\sys This is a novell
server I am connected to. In the main office where I am loging in to the
domain, net use shows nothing, no resorces are shared.
Another thing poped in my mind - our local DNS anme is same as our website
name. Will that be causing the problem? Is my laptop trying to marry the DNS
IP with the DNS name? not sure.

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> You may have some persistent mapping. To confirm this, post back with the
> result of net use.
>
> --
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:88938D57-AFCD-475B-ACB9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am a domain user in the office. Primary DNS is set as IP of my DC. If I
> > connect my laptop in other office which is not having domain, I can login
> > to
> > my laptop using domain credentials without any problem. But after the
> > login,
> > performance degrades a lot. Opening My Computer or Internet Explorer takes
> > time. Opening new blank tab in Internet Explorer takes more than 15 to 20
> > seconds. What do I need to do to resolve this?
> >
> >
>
>

"Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:11EAE794-5434-4361-AD2E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> In other office net use shows K: \\group_net\sys

That is why. That is it. There is no other cause.

Mapped drives are bad
This is one of the common problems with Mappped drives
Mapped drives are a thing of the past
Mapped drives should be eliminated,...use Shortcuts based on the UNC paths,
but you may not be able to do that with Novel.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

I disconnected the netword drive. Still no change.

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> "Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:11EAE794-5434-4361-AD2E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > In other office net use shows K: \\group_net\sys
>
> That is why. That is it. There is no other cause.
>
> Mapped drives are bad
> This is one of the common problems with Mappped drives
> Mapped drives are a thing of the past
> Mapped drives should be eliminated,...use Shortcuts based on the UNC paths,
> but you may not be able to do that with Novel.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>

The problems with Windows Explorer (mapped drives) and Internet Explorer are
two different things. I was focusing on Windows Explorer.

With the Mapped Drive removed, make sure there is nothing trying to re-map
it automatically, start over and restart and reconnect the machine. Wait
several minutes for the machine to "settle down" after starting
up,...machines always run slower (not faster) after a reboot for several
minutes till it settles in. Do not start up any Applications. Do your
"test" by opening Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer).

With Internet Explorer it may be caused by Proxy Settings or by the browser
being setup for proxy autodetection. If the browser is supposed to be setup
for proxy autodetection then there is nothing that can be done,..it will
take longer because it has to take time to determine that the proxy is "not
there" and give up. You will just have to live with it. But if IE is not
supposed to be using a proxy or is not supposed to be using proxy
autodetection,..then make sure you remove all of the different parts of the
proxy settings page.

For anything else I really have no hope of figuring that out via newsgroup
messages. But for the Windows Explorer thing, 99% of the time it is related
to mapped drives.


--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------


"Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:34905092-85F4-4B37-B634-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I disconnected the netword drive. Still no change.
>
> "Phillip Windell" wrote:
>
>> "Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:11EAE794-5434-4361-AD2E-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > In other office net use shows K: \\group_net\sys
>>
>> That is why. That is it. There is no other cause.
>>
>> Mapped drives are bad
>> This is one of the common problems with Mappped drives
>> Mapped drives are a thing of the past
>> Mapped drives should be eliminated,...use Shortcuts based on the UNC
>> paths,
>> but you may not be able to do that with Novel.
>>
>> --
>> Phillip Windell
>> www.wandtv.com
>>
>> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
>> Microsoft,
>> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>

It’s not just Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. Overall performance of
the laptop is going down. I just gave these two as an example. Other
applications are slow as well. Before joining the Domain, everything works
fine. Checked it for any spyware/virus also.

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> The problems with Windows Explorer (mapped drives) and Internet Explorer are
> two different things. I was focusing on Windows Explorer.
>
> With the Mapped Drive removed, make sure there is nothing trying to re-map
> it automatically, start over and restart and reconnect the machine. Wait
> several minutes for the machine to "settle down" after starting
> up,...machines always run slower (not faster) after a reboot for several
> minutes till it settles in. Do not start up any Applications. Do your
> "test" by opening Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer).
>
> With Internet Explorer it may be caused by Proxy Settings or by the browser
> being setup for proxy autodetection. If the browser is supposed to be setup
> for proxy autodetection then there is nothing that can be done,..it will
> take longer because it has to take time to determine that the proxy is "not
> there" and give up. You will just have to live with it. But if IE is not
> supposed to be using a proxy or is not supposed to be using proxy
> autodetection,..then make sure you remove all of the different parts of the
> proxy settings page.
>
> For anything else I really have no hope of figuring that out via newsgroup
> messages. But for the Windows Explorer thing, 99% of the time it is related
> to mapped drives.
>
>
> --
> Phillip Windell
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:34905092-85F4-4B37-B634-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I disconnected the netword drive. Still no change.
> >
> > "Phillip Windell" wrote:
> >
> >> "Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:11EAE794-5434-4361-AD2E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > In other office net use shows K: \\group_net\sys
> >>
> >> That is why. That is it. There is no other cause.
> >>
> >> Mapped drives are bad
> >> This is one of the common problems with Mappped drives
> >> Mapped drives are a thing of the past
> >> Mapped drives should be eliminated,...use Shortcuts based on the UNC
> >> paths,
> >> but you may not be able to do that with Novel.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Phillip Windell
> >> www.wandtv.com
> >>
> >> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or
> >> Microsoft,
> >> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> >> -----------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

"Yash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:44449888-1BCA-4595-836C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's not just Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. Overall performance
> of
> the laptop is going down. I just gave these two as an example. Other
> applications are slow as well. Before joining the Domain, everything works
> fine. Checked it for any spyware/virus also.

Then there is nothing I can do with that. There is no way to "know enough"
about that machine from just newsgroup messages.

If it was at my place I would flatten it and reload it from scratch,..and
take close note to how the Apps are configured because they may have some
internal configurations that may be looking to the drive Letter that doesn't
exist and bogs them down.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

On 3 juil, 21:36, "Phillip Windell" <philwind...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Yash" <Y...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:44449888-1BCA-4595-836C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > It's not just Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. Overall performance
> > of
> > the laptop is going down. I just gave these two as an example. Other
> > applications are slow as well. Before joining the Domain, everything works
> > fine. Checked it for any spyware/virus also.
>
> Then there is nothing I can do with that. *There is no way to "know enough"
> about that machine from just newsgroup messages.
>
> If it was at my place I would flatten it and reload it from scratch,..and
> take close note to how the Apps are configured because they may have some
> internal configurations that may be looking to the drive Letter that doesn't
> exist and bogs them down.
>
> --
> Phillip Windellwww.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------

Yash,
Use Sysinternals tools , like ProcessMonitor (
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx ) to try
to find root cause of this issue. You may have some kind of hidden
reference pointing to a network ressource, which slowing down entire
system when unvailable. I also recommend you to have a look on Mark's
blog http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/default.aspx

Cheers
Pierre-Olivier Blu-Mocaer

Thanks Phillip and PO.
I have already reconfigured the laptop once. I will check the links and
update you accordingly.

"PO" wrote:

> On 3 juil, 21:36, "Phillip Windell" <philwind...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > "Yash" <Y...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:44449888-1BCA-4595-836C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > > It's not just Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. Overall performance
> > > of
> > > the laptop is going down. I just gave these two as an example. Other
> > > applications are slow as well. Before joining the Domain, everything works
> > > fine. Checked it for any spyware/virus also.
> >
> > Then there is nothing I can do with that. There is no way to "know enough"
> > about that machine from just newsgroup messages.
> >
> > If it was at my place I would flatten it and reload it from scratch,..and
> > take close note to how the Apps are configured because they may have some
> > internal configurations that may be looking to the drive Letter that doesn't
> > exist and bogs them down.
> >
> > --
> > Phillip Windellwww.wandtv.com
> >
> > The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
> > or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Yash,
> Use Sysinternals tools , like ProcessMonitor (
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896645.aspx ) to try
> to find root cause of this issue. You may have some kind of hidden
> reference pointing to a network ressource, which slowing down entire
> system when unvailable. I also recommend you to have a look on Mark's
> blog http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/default.aspx
>
> Cheers
> Pierre-Olivier Blu-Mocaer
>