I believe that looking at the userenv.log file may help you determine why your client logons are taking longer. It is a great file for troubleshooting client logon issues. The location on my machine is c:\windows\debug\usermode
Phil On 8/25/05, Rick Kingslan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's not likely due to GPO processing. GPOs themselves are typically very > quick to process, unless there is either Software Install that is taking > place through the GPO or complex WMI filtering that would slow it down. > Otherwise, GPO is very fast. > > I've done testing with 1 GPO and with 50 GPOs... Appreciable difference in > log on time? Less than 1 second. > > It's something else other than GPO. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven L Dunn > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Question on WSUS implementation and GPO's... > > Friends, > > Our company is about to implement a WSUS server for patching and updates. I > am wondering if there is any way to allow for breaking the updates down into > groups (say by department) but using only a single GPO to do it? > > For instance, we have our legal and executive departments using a separate > GPO, which would allow for them to get updates Tuesday @ 12:00 or Wednesday > @ 12:00, respectively. Our other departments are set up along similar lines, > with 5 GPO's in all active. > > What I'm seeing is a general "slowdown" in login processing time (from sign > in to desktop appearing) due ...I'm guessing, to the GPO having to run > through and check against Group Membership or process. I'm looking for any > ideas on whether this is the "only" arrangement for making this happen, or > I'm missing something that might be a possibility. > > Thanks in advance. > > -Steve > -- > Steven L. Dunn > Director of Information Technology > Illinois State Bar Association > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 217-747-1455 > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
