Microsoft KB Archive/824556

= You Experience a Long Delay When You Log On a Guest PC in an Active Directory Domain =

PSS ID Number: 824556

Article Last Modified on 8/13/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Connectix Virtual PC for Windows version 5.0

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SYMPTOMS
In Virtual PC, when you log on to a guest PC that is running one of the following operating systems, you may experience a long delay during the logon process.
 * Microsoft Windows 2000
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Sometimes, you may not be able to log on successfully.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if both the following conditions exist:
 * The guest PC is joined to a Microsoft Active Directory directory service domain.

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 * You log on by using an account where policies are applied to map network drives to the local guest PC during the logon process.

The unsuccessful or delayed logon occurs because the guest PC cannot resolve the network resources (the mapped drives) in a timely manner.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, log on by using an account that does not have a policy applied to map network drives to the local guest PC. Alternatively, have an administrator modify your user account policy so that it no longer maps network drives to the local guest PC.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.

Additional query words: hang, login, batch, pause, script, profile

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Technology: kbConnectix kbvirtualpcSearch kbVirtualPCWin500 kbVirtualPCWinSearch

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