How to Fix Slow Domain Login

On several occasions with XP Pro, I've found workstations taking up to 20 minutes to log in to an NT/2000 domain. If this is happening to you, and you run your XP workstation in an NT 4.0 or Win2k mixed mode domain (this will not work with a win2kdomain in native mode).

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Go into your connection properties, and hit the properties button for TCP/IP
2. Click the Advanced Button
3. Click the WINS tab.
4. In the NetBIOS settings, select Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
5. Reboot and try to log in again.

Tips & Warnings

• You should experience very little to no delay now, depending on your connection speed. I've had some good results from this tweak, and I hope it works for you as well.