We were troubleshooting slow logins and determined that it is best (for speed) to not redirect anything. We do have a SAN and every student has a profile that maps a drive letter to a home folder on that SAN. So when a student logs in they get a drive letter J: and they are used to saving things to that drive letter and not My Documents. This way, there is no copying of files form the local machine to the network upon logon, the files are already on the SAN. On slow XP machines we also noticed a big improvement by turning off desktop search.
From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of McKay, Curtis Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 8:09 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] slow Windows 7 logins Yes, My Docs/Pictures/Video/Music & Favorites. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org<mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Rick Lawsha Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:24 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] slow Windows 7 logins Are you redirecting Home Folders or My Documents to a network share via group policy? From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Kenny, David Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 7:09 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] slow Windows 7 logins Mmmmm... that's an interesting observation. I've never thought to clear the cache before creating a default profile from the user's profile I've cloned to created the Default Profile in XP. Makes sense. David From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of McKay, Curtis Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:12 PM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] slow Windows 7 logins I'm not sure what you mean by "setting" a default profile. All of the machines have a default profile. On XP I've caught myself creating an overly large default profile by copying the profile from the user I used to set the machine up which contained cached copies of the java installer etc... On these machines however I'm pretty sure the default profile it's copying is rather small in size. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org<mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Richard Kasson Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:03 PM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] slow Windows 7 logins XP even sometimes takes a few minutes if a new user logs in. Is it possible that setting a default profile on a machine would make a difference? From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of McKay, Curtis Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:49 PM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: [tech-geeks] slow Windows 7 logins There's many threads out there on the Internet about slow Windows 7 logins and many talk about this weird solid background glitch. I'm using the stock Win7 default wallpaper so that's not my issue. If a new user logs onto a machine causing it to build a new profile, on some of our machines that could be minutes. I recently noticed this happening in our Vista lab as well so it's not specific to Win7 but something with the new architecture I guess. Anybody have any stories of fixing slow login problems? Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org<mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> ________________________________ Pursuant to Illinois' public records law, this written communication may constitute a public record which is available to the public and media upon request. Please be advised that this email communication may be subject to public disclosure. ________________________________ This electronic mail is copyrighted by Community Unit School District #205, Galesburg, Illinois USA. Unauthorized dissemination or duplication of it is prohibited. Violators of copyright/confidentiality laws may be prosecuted.
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