I've been squashing that XP default profile size for years. I really like to see it at about 10 MB or less, but usually its a bit bigger. I would assume the Win 7 profile can act very similar. I need to spend more time playing with that.
Chris Franzen Technology Coordinator Nokomis School District 511 Oberle St. Nokomis, IL 62075 On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Rick Lawsha <rlaw...@galesburg205.org>wrote: > 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 > > > > *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 > > > > *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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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. > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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