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| Increase logon timeout for slow networks |
| When you log on to a domain, the computer attempts to contact the logon server to authenticate |
| your logon credentials. If the server is unavailable because it's offline, busy, or located on a |
| saturated network segment, your computer might log on with cached credentials. Although this |
| enables you to use your computer, some capabilities will be limited because your credentials |
| haven't been authenticated. |
| You can take a couple of steps to ensure that a logon doesn't use cached credentials. You can set the |
| following registry key to 0 to disable cached logon: |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows |
| NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\CachedLogonsCount |
| You might prefer to simply lengthen the logon timeout period to accommodate a slow connection. |
| To configure the logon timeout, open the Registry Editor and expand the following key: |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\ |
| Add the DWORD value ExpectedDialupDelay to the key, and set it to the number of seconds you |
| want Windows 2000 to wait for a response from the server. You can set the value at anywhere |
| between 0 and 600 seconds. |
| Note: Editing the registry is risky. Before making any changes, back up the registry so you can |
| restore it if something goes wrong. |
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