adrianm83

I have a situation where sims work stations can't login. This doesn't matter which AD username is logged into windows and which Sims user is logged in. However if the user connects to our sims server using RDP and loads sims via the same method i.e. S:\ drive they can login and use sims fine. I can't find any reason for this so any ideas would be a great help. EDIT:::: I have changed the connection in the connect.ini from a hostname to an IP and connections seems to be working ok. So would suggest a DNS issue. Any other ideas would be great

Thanks for eveyrone's help. Turned put that I had not set the exclusion list in our real-time antivirus protection. Soprted this out and everything is running smoothly!!! Many thanks for everyone's help

In reference to the IP Settings for WAP, each WAP Point has an individual IP address preset, Then DHCP is issued from the Server it's self. DNS are cofigured as follow 192.168.0.1 - for AD Server 192.168.0.6 - Gateway then 2 external IP address for requests outside of our domain. All these setting are distributed to the laptops successfully.

The switches are new - replaced last term - Feb I think. There Netgear 24 1gbps. Can't remember the model. I did remove them from the equation and connected the server, 1 desktop and the WAP point to a d-link 8 port switch, yet had the same issue.

I've ruled out the access point by replacing it with a couple of others yesterday. This did not make a change.

bootup time is normal. Nothing unsual to report there.

Hi, I have run the tool and everything is clear for teh conflicker virus.

I can confirm that we have no reported virus situation. This is a new server only 5 days old. I spent the weekend setting it up and configuring the users and policies. It is a weird situation because the problem it becoming unresponsive seems to only happen once around 6 to 8 clients authenticate. I've tried logging each laptop in one at a time and after about 6 or 7 it seems to just stop there. DNS Seems to be working fine. I can find computer names etc and map to drives. ALthough having said that my knowledge of AD is very limited so could I have confirmation of some settings to check on the DNS side. I had a quick look and clients seems to update their A records ok.

We have set up Active Directory on a new school's server, which is running Windows Server 2003. The primary purpose of this is to allow a group policy to be applied to 20 laptops. The server is also be providing server-side storage for the accounts The server is connected to a network switch, which in turn is connected to a wireless access point. The server is also used by Censornet proxy server which, when authenticated by Active Directory, is used by clients to access the internet. In the IT facilities there are 20 laptops which connect to the wireless access point, each of which is configured to access Active Directory on the server. The problem is that when the laptops log into the server, it works for a short time then the laptops become unresponsive. At first we thought the wireless AP was being overloaded, so we changed it but the problem remained. When this issue arises, the server machine freezes on "Loading your settings..." when you attempt to log in to the server physically. To regain control, the server must be hard rebooted (reset button on front of case). The network connection itself seems fine as two network switches and two wireless APs have been used with no resolution to the problem. The event log shows nothing suspicious other than a few unusual network disconnections and automatic reconnects. This is a reasonably urgent issue and a speedy response would be highly appreciated. Thank you in advance.