On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Matthew W. Ross <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: > AD question here: For our computers on our network, especially our XP > machines, the > "Applying Computer Settings" portion of the boot process takes a very long > time > (4 minutes?) which makes the initial login for our users a little painful.
In my experience, that's usually a network issue. I recommend doing the following to help debug this sort of issue. All done via GPO, ironically. Computer -> Admin Templates -> System -> Verbose status messages = Enable Computer -> Admin Templates -> System -> Scripts -> Run shutdown scripts visible = Enable Computer -> Admin Templates -> System -> Scripts -> Run startup scripts visible = Enable The first one (verbose status messages) is especially useful. By default, the status messages Windows gives during startup and shutdown are very misleading. One common problem that can cause slow startup is DNS resolution of your Active Directory domain name. If your Active Directory domain name is not delegated in the public DNS, make sure all your AD members are configured to use your private DNS servers *only*. Do *NOT* configure ISP nameservers *anywhere*. (In the common case, this means your clients should have your AD Domain Controller(s) configured as their DNS servers.) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
