Thanks I'll take a look at the info you provided and I'll repost my results.

"Malke" wrote:

> Eman32 wrote:
>
> > I have a small network (20 users (static ip's) that we just upgraded
> > from
> > Win2000 workstations to WinXP workstations. The problem is that when
> > we try and connect to a share on a server (2000 or 2003) intially the
> > connection
> > takes about 30sec. After the intial connect, the connection to the
> > share is
> > instantanious fro about 30 min. I realize the that the connection
> > times out
> > after a certain period of time. But my question is why is it taking
> > so long
> > to make the intial connection. With the old Win 2000 workstations
> > connections were instant to the servers. Any help is greatly
> > appreciated.
>
> Problems like this are usually caused by misconfigured DNS. The server
> should only look to itself for DNS with forward lookup zones created.
> Workstations should only look to the server for DNS.
>
> How Domain Controllers Are Located in Windows XP -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314861
>
> Setting Up the Domain Name System for Active Directory -
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;237675
>
> DNS and AD FAQs - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291382
>
> Malke
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