Yes, the PDC is also acting as the WINS server. The XP workstation is using WINS, set via DHCP (option netbios-name-servers <ip address of the PDC>;)
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Gaiseric Vandal <[email protected] > wrote: > Is the PDC also a WINS server? Are the XP workstations using WINS? > > > On 08/29/2010 09:01 PM, Abe Lau wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I have recently experienced an intermittent problem of getting the error >> message of "Domain not available" at initial logon of some XP workstations >> connected to a Samba PDC. The domain does not seems to be available after >> some time after initial bootup of the XP workstation, from a minute or >> two, >> to more than 10 minutes sometimes. >> >> Is there anyway to speed up this process? Thanks! >> >> I have set HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows >> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogoncachedlogonscount to 0 to workaround the problem >> of having the logon frozen (and folders not being redirected) during >> initial >> logon when the network is not ready. >> >> Abe >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
