Re: Windows XP slow when not connected to corporate LAN
- From: "John" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 20:39:34 +0100
When a user logs on from home effectively all of the users settings such as
desktop icons have to be transported from the domain server to the PC and it
sounds like this is across the internet, therefore the wait they are
experiencing at login. This is also the case with when opening the start
menu - each users icons are on the server and have to be moved across the
internet and again when the user logs off the settings have to be sent back
to the server.
One fix for a LAN would be to synchronise which is when the entire profile
is moved to the machine at logon and sent back at logoff, therefore staying
synchronised, however, I would not recommend this for your set up as the
initial logon wait will be far greater.
It shounds like you have VPN working successfully and would stick with this
method to allow users to access there files etc, you are correct in saying
it is quicker, this is because you use a local profile and just use the VPN
for using network resources such as allowing a user to have access to their
files.
Hope this helps.
"jm78" <jm78@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:132DD682-B2D6-4AC9-A889-24DFDB252536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We have several NEW HP and Dell notebooks that are part of the company
> domain
> running XP SP2 with Offline Files disabled. They all get DHCP addresses
> from
> the company network and when connected to the company LAN or not connected
> at
> all, Windows responds in normal fashion.
>
> The problem is when the users login with their domain accounts and these
> notebooks have a network connection (WiFi at users' homes or users'
> Ethernet
> at home), Windows is VERY slow to come up after login (average two minute
> wait for desktop items to appear). And once inside Windows, even going to
> 'START > ALL Programs' can take up to two minutes. During this time there
> does not appear to be any network, cpu, or hard disk activity. Attempting
> to
> log off at this point brings up an End Now box with Explorer.exe hanging
> up.
>
> While the users are logged in with their domain accounts and have a
> (non-work) network connection, if they connect to work using their VPN
> accounts Windows instantly becomes responsive to all requests of it.
>
> What can we do to resolve the long delays when not on the company LAN?
.
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