Troubleshooting – Doug's AD Blog

Performance Testing Slow Startups

September 11, 2013 by Doug

On occasion, I will have users complain that their computer is starting up slow. Usually the first thing that gets blamed is group policy, but I know that it usually isn’t the primary cause (just the symptom of some other issue). Often, it indicates some issue specific to that machine. How do I know that? … [Read more…]

Troubleshooting Slow Logons

November 16, 2008 by Doug

Here are some steps to take to troubleshoot slow logons: Check event logs to see if there are any errors. If there are any errors, investigate those to see if they might be causing slow logon. Some possible errors could be network errors (can’t reach a DC, or possible kerberos over UDP errors), off-line files/folders … [Read more…]