[WinMac] Re: Mac Clients Freeze During Login

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:34:59 -0500

        Dear Norman,

        This seems to be a server bottleneck more than anything. Make sure that
users can bypass traverse checking... This is accomplished at the server by
adding the following Registry DWORD:

HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/FileSystem/NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate
NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate DWORD value=1
(Note that the spelling is case sensitive!)

        Try this first... Unless the server or workstation needs security
auditing, then I always shut down Traverse Checking...

At 07:20 PM 1/12/99 -0500, Norman Ferguson wrote:
>Newbie here so be gentle please...
>
>Normally I don't do NT (not even SFM for NT), but...a friend called.
>
>He's got a mixed lab of PCs & Macs. Sometimes (even frequently) some
>accounts seem to freeze during the login process from any of the Mac
>workstations. Doesn't seem to matter which Macs, or which accounts.
>Other times the same account just zips right thru the process, later the
>same day the same account will freeze up. It seems random, although
>there may be some slight correlation between the number of logins and
>the likelihood that the next user trying to login will freeze.
>
>The freeze occurs after selecting the volume in the Chooser, but before
>the server/volume appears on the desktop. Among the symptoms are the
>network activity arrows in the menu bar staying solid.
>
>If you leave the Mac alone, it may eventually unfreeze (after 5 to 10
>minutes) and complete the login process.
>
>I believe (according to my friend's understanding) that this NT server
>has Service Pack 4 loaded.
>
>The Macs are mostly running 7.6.1 or 7.5.5, with a few 8.0s scattered
>about. Open Transport 1.1.1 or above.
>
>Wiring is sometimes through Etherwaves to a hub to a switch, others are
>directly into hubs. No difference in symptoms.
>
>One interesting note...the Admin account never has any trouble.
>
>Any ideas? Is this a known problem? Did I miss something obvious? What
>info have I left out that'll help solve the problem?
>
>Thanks...and open nets...
>--
>Norman W. Ferguson | Dir. of Technology Services | Netgineering, Inc.
>540-389-3485 | mailto:ferguson@netgineering.com

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