Hey In short we have the following setup A Exchange 2003/domne server running on SBS 2003 R1. This DC is backup and is hosted in a remote location and is accessed through VPN. Additionally we have a primary Win 2000 DC which is placed locally on the netowork. These two DC is replicated. Our (primary) problem is that Outlook 2003 (on Windows XP machines) which is connected to the Exchange server with standard Exchange setup (no RPC over HTTP eg) is extreemly slow. It can take up to 4 minutes to start Outlook 2003 up. The machine is using almost 0% CPU time but is completly non-responding while Outlook is starting up. Aprox 20% of the machines do however startup normallyu within 5 seconds. Many "googlings" has mentioned DNS problem as possible cause. We have tried to add the Exchange servers IP/DNS in the clients HOSTS without any results. Neither the clients nor the Server has any error in the Event log to guide us in a direction. Any suggestion will be wellcommed!! Regards Anders
Assuming that DNS is not an issue you should also check WINS. You also need to see which DC/GC is being used. Given the slow response times and the VPN connection there is a reasonable chance that the remote DC is being used for DSaccess which might explain your issues. Nue "Anders" wrote in message news:OhVCN%23EeGHA.3348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hey > > In short we have the following setup > > A Exchange 2003/domne server running on SBS 2003 R1. This DC is backup > and is hosted in a remote location and is accessed through VPN. > Additionally we have a primary Win 2000 DC which is placed locally on the > netowork. These two DC is replicated. > > Our (primary) problem is that Outlook 2003 (on Windows XP machines) which > is connected to the Exchange server with standard Exchange setup (no RPC > over HTTP eg) is extreemly slow. It can take up to 4 minutes to start > Outlook 2003 up. The machine is using almost 0% CPU time but is completly > non-responding while Outlook is starting up. Aprox 20% of the machines do > however startup normallyu within 5 seconds. > > Many "googlings" has mentioned DNS problem as possible cause. We have > tried to add the Exchange servers IP/DNS in the clients HOSTS without any > results. Neither the clients nor the Server has any error in the Event log > to guide us in a direction. > > Any suggestion will be wellcommed!! > > Regards > Anders > > >
