DIAGNOSING LOGON DELAYS In this column, I discuss diagnosing and solving logon delays caused by three specific problems. I use the term "logon delay" to include the time it takes for the logon screen to disappear after you enter valid credentials, plus the time it takes for a Windows XP or Windows 2000 system to display the desktop after the logon box disappears. Logon delays can occur in three situations: when you log on interactively at a workstation or server, when you connect to a VPN server, and when you connect to resources on a standalone server that requires local credentials, rather than domain credentials. Profile problems are also a common source of logon delays, but they're complicated and outside the scope of this discussion--a large profile or an inaccessible or corrupt profile can appear to hang a system or result in an empty desktop after a delay of 10 minutes or more.

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