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Did you recently change or check the security settings. There is a bunch of stuff like client communication and password encryption that could have an effect here. Also try to check for duplicate IP addresses on the network. Maybe someone borrowed your server ID. Bad route to DHCP,DNS or WINS could be. Doug could check that for you. Or run trace route. Uwe Rossbach Nick Lewis wrote: > Anything in the event log about GPO errors on clients or server? Are > you using Group Policy? Errors in applying the group policy could be > the cause for the delays on the clients. Anything abnormal in the > event logs on the server? Maybe a chkdsk on the hard drive would help? > Hope that helps. Nick. > > Nick Lewis > DECS > HA! I laugh in the face of free time! > http://www.sciencetheatre.org > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Valenti" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: Windows 2000 *slow* startup & login > > > OK, I can try that. But I'm using the main campus DHCP servers and > it seems > > to get better immediately when I reboot my Win2000 server (which > isn't > > supposed to be serving dhcp). > > -jav > > > > > > At 12:13 PM 2/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Sounds to me like your systems are timing out trying to attempt to > locate > > >your DHCP server. Try hardcoding an IP into one of your systems, > then > > >restarting it. See if it boots faster > > > > * John Valenti Systems Analyst, Labor & Industrial Relations * > > * 408 S Kedzie Hall, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824 > * > > * (517) 353-1807 fax (517) 355-7656 [log in to unmask] * > > > >