Slow Logins and Shortcuts

Periodically, me and several other users experience slow logins. Our
computers sit at the 'loading personal setting' prompt after we enter our
passwords. Maybe 10 minutes later we are able to see our desktops.

After logging in, I click on a shortcut to an Excel document and Excel
starts but the document takes much longer to appear. If I browse for the
document and open it that way, it opens instantly. None of us have roaming
profiles either.

Is this a computer browser issue? Are these PCs having problems finding the
server? If it were a switch issue, I would think it would affect everybody.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

John

Sounds like name resolution issue. I would check the DNS settigns first. Or post the result of ipconfig /all.
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"AnytimeAnywhere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Periodically, me and several other users experience slow logins. Our
computers sit at the 'loading personal setting' prompt after we enter our
passwords. Maybe 10 minutes later we are able to see our desktops.

After logging in, I click on a shortcut to an Excel document and Excel
starts but the document takes much longer to appear. If I browse for the
document and open it that way, it opens instantly. None of us have roaming
profiles either.

Is this a computer browser issue? Are these PCs having problems finding the
server? If it were a switch issue, I would think it would affect everybody.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

John

Here are the results of my ipconfig /all:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : John
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-C6-16-7F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.125
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 72.240.1.205
72.240.1.206

BTW, this is a NT 4.0 SP6a PDC if that means anything.

Let me know if you see something wrong.

Thanks again,

John
"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%23AImb$(E-Mail Removed)...
Sounds like name resolution issue. I would check the DNS settigns first. Or post the result of ipconfig /all.
Windows slow issues When I login into a Windows 2000 active directory from a new xp pro machine the login in is extremely slow. After logged on, everything works fine. ...
www.chicagotech.net/winslow.htm


Domain FAQs 1) Slow logon from W2K/XP to a win2000 domain usually indicates a DNS and WINS configuration issue. If DNS/WINS is configured uncorrected, ...
www.chicagotech.net/domainfaqs.htm



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
"AnytimeAnywhere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Periodically, me and several other users experience slow logins. Our
computers sit at the 'loading personal setting' prompt after we enter our
passwords. Maybe 10 minutes later we are able to see our desktops.

After logging in, I click on a shortcut to an Excel document and Excel
starts but the document takes much longer to appear. If I browse for the
document and open it that way, it opens instantly. None of us have roaming
profiles either.

Is this a computer browser issue? Are these PCs having problems finding the
server? If it were a switch issue, I would think it would affect everybody.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

John

As said, this is name resolution issue. It is better to setup an internal DNS instead of using the ISP DNS. Also, since this is NT 4, you should install WINS server.

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
"AnytimeAnywhere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Here are the results of my ipconfig /all:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : John
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-C6-16-7F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.125
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 72.240.1.205
72.240.1.206

BTW, this is a NT 4.0 SP6a PDC if that means anything.

Let me know if you see something wrong.

Thanks again,

John
"Robert L [MS-MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%23AImb$(E-Mail Removed)...
Sounds like name resolution issue. I would check the DNS settigns first. Or post the result of ipconfig /all.
Windows slow issues When I login into a Windows 2000 active directory from a new xp pro machine the login in is extremely slow. After logged on, everything works fine. ...
www.chicagotech.net/winslow.htm


Domain FAQs 1) Slow logon from W2K/XP to a win2000 domain usually indicates a DNS and WINS configuration issue. If DNS/WINS is configured uncorrected, ...
www.chicagotech.net/domainfaqs.htm



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
"AnytimeAnywhere" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Periodically, me and several other users experience slow logins. Our
computers sit at the 'loading personal setting' prompt after we enter our
passwords. Maybe 10 minutes later we are able to see our desktops.

After logging in, I click on a shortcut to an Excel document and Excel
starts but the document takes much longer to appear. If I browse for the
document and open it that way, it opens instantly. None of us have roaming
profiles either.

Is this a computer browser issue? Are these PCs having problems finding the
server? If it were a switch issue, I would think it would affect everybody.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

John