XP user in a 2000 domain!!!

[James]

Why is this happening???

I have a Win2K DC to which I joined a new XP Pro machine.
Logging onto this machine with a domain administrator
username works great, but everytime I try to logon with a
normal user name it takes like 5 minutes "applying
personal settings" before it passes on???

Any clue experts???

[Nicholas]

Edit Group Policy to allow XP to wait for network initialization:

Navigate to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / =
Logon

Double-click "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon" =
and enable this policy.

Ref: =
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/policy=
/policy/logon_optimization.asp=20

To speed the startup and logon process, Windows XP Professional does not =
require that the network be fully initialized before a client computer =
can start up or before a user can log on. If a user has previously =
logged on to a particular client computer, he or she is subsequently =
logged on using credentials cached on that computer.=20
When a user switches from using a local profile to using a roaming =
profile, Windows XP Professional copies relevant portions of the user's =
registry from the server instead of from the local computer, to prevent =
an older local copy from overwriting the server copy. Thereafter, =
whenever the roaming user logs on, the computer always waits for the =
network, so the profile can be downloaded from the server.=20
When fast network logon is enabled (as it is by default in Windows XP =
Professional), if administrators remove the profile path from a user's =
object, it is recommended that they also either rename or delete the =
corresponding profile folder. If they do not, and an administrator later =
reenters the same path, the user will receive the older copy of the =
registry from the server.

Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/books/sampchap/5566e.asp


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Nicholas

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"James" > wrote in message:
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| Why is this happening???
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| I have a Win2K DC to which I joined a new XP Pro machine.=20
| Logging onto this machine with a domain administrator=20
| username works great, but everytime I try to logon with a=20
| normal user name it takes like 5 minutes "applying=20
| personal settings" before it passes on???
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| Any clue experts???