If it always happens after a reboot you could try to set the connection timeout lower, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
I had this problem also, what you also can so let you samba server act as wins server, and put the wins ip in you XP configuration. Als ALWAYS put 2 WINS IP in even if they are the same, this is because of strange windows behavor. Also check if your server is the master browser of the network. if not, make sure only 1 server and preffered the samba server, the master browser. Louis > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Namens Mark Rutherford > Verzonden: woensdag 29 maart 2006 17:44 > Aan: samba@lists.samba.org > Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] domain controller cannot be contacted > > Hi Louis, > > The reason I would say this is not it, is because it always > happens on a reboot. > You have not logged in yet... so nothing is running. > > However, I will have to read up on this issue a bit. Did not > know it existed. > > > Louis van Belle wrote: > > You know "User Hive Cleanup Service for XP, if not install it. > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286 E6D-8912-4E18- > > B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en > > > > > > I experienced problemen with loggin's because some programs > > badly closes the registry, of a old connection with samba stays > > open. > > > > Louis > > > > > > > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > >> Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Namens Mark Rutherford > >> Verzonden: woensdag 29 maart 2006 16:45 > >> Aan: samba@lists.samba.org > >> Onderwerp: [Samba] domain controller cannot be contacted > >> > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I have struggled with this problem for awhile now. randomly and > >> intermittently a workstation or > >> bunch of workstations will not be able to log in. > >> > >> This is pretty much reproduceable at will, and here is what > >> you need to > >> do to get this little issue to show up: > >> 1. Log out and try to log in as a different user > >> 2. Attempt to login immediately after the machine is booted. > >> > >> To ensure you can log in, if you boot your workstation in > the morning > >> and wait 2-3 minutes before trying to log in > >> you can log in no problem. > >> > >> I have replaced our switch, cabling, network cards, tried > many many > >> things...... > >> I took this a step further. I got 3 machines rounded up and > >> built a mini > >> network with its own switch. > >> Only these 3 machines were on this switch. > >> Of these 3 machines I installed a fresh copy of windows xp > with sp2 on > >> two of them. > >> Took our current config and slapped it onto the third > machine running > >> gentoo + samba > >> > >> These 3 machines had not been exposed to our main network... > >> what makes this all so interesting..... I was able to join these 2 > >> workstations no problem with > >> default settings, no registry patches, nothing and it just worked. > >> > >> I tried to reproduce this problem with this little test > >> network and our > >> smb.conf for hours on end. > >> It just never happened. > >> > >> On our main network I can get this to occur every 2 minutes if > >> I wanted to. > >> Our samba machine is doing wins as well, and the machines get > >> this wins > >> server info with their dhcp info. > >> > >> > >> Any ideas? Anything at all? This issue is...... just too > hard to me to > >> figure out. > >> Also, no indication of an error in any logs. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > Thanks! > > Mark Rutherford > Maunz Electronics, Inc. > 803-791-5860 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba