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Workgroups versus Domains
I have about five workstations on a network with a Windows 2000 Server
server. The workstations were defined in a workgroup rather than a domain. I "renamed" the workstations to put them on the domain instead of the workgroup. I exported and imported the user profiles so that they retained their settings on the domain when they log in. PROBLEM: When the workstations were on the workgroup their logon time was less than 30 seconds. Now that they are on the network domain, it takes five minutes to logon (load their settings). Their settings (profiles) reside on the local disk on each workstation, so I am perplexed as to why they take so much longer (too long!) to logon. Please help. |
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Workgroups versus Domains
Chaplain Doug wrote:
I have about five workstations on a network with a Windows 2000 Server server. The workstations were defined in a workgroup rather than a domain. I "renamed" the workstations to put them on the domain instead of the workgroup. I'm presuming you mean you added them to the domain. Renaming doesn't do anything. I exported and imported the user profiles so that they retained their settings on the domain when they log in. OK, so you're using roaming profiles now? PROBLEM: When the workstations were on the workgroup their logon time was less than 30 seconds. Now that they are on the network domain, it takes five minutes to logon (load their settings). Their settings (profiles) reside on the local disk on each workstation, so I am perplexed as to why they take so much longer (too long!) to logon. Please help. How big are the profiles? Keep them TINY. Redirect My Documents to the user's home directory (easiest to do with group policy). Make sure your DNS is set up properly. All servers and workstations should specify *only* the internal AD-integrated DNS server's IP address in their network settings. The AD-integrated DNS server should be set up with forwarders to your ISP's DNS servers for external resolution. Note - I surmise from your multiple duplicate posts that you're using the web interface to the newsgroups - you might want to consider using a newsreader like Outlook Express or Forte Agent instead. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything there, including searching, which is always a good idea to do before you post, as well as mark messages to be watched, and filter based on replies to your posts. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like. |
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