Re: New Laptop Very Slow Applying GPO Software

From: Anthony Yates (anthonyDINGyates_at_airDONGdesk.com)
Date: 11/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:03:54 -0000

If it eventually installs, so the installation is OK, what's different about
this machine? Anti-virus version? Desktop firewall?
Anthony

"Marka" <marka@REMOVETH1Slamberteng.com> wrote in message
news:uc2Q1ZizEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> We have just bought a brand new HP compaq nx7010 laptop.
>
> I have done all the windows updates and joined the machine to our domain.
>
> We apply most of our software through GPO and have about 80 clients,
> (including laptops) running win2000 or winXP, which we have successfully
> applied the same exact same software packages.
>
> The problem I am having with this one laptop is that it takes a very long
> time to apply software installation packages.
>
> It took over an hour to apply office2000 standard, sat at the "installing
> managed software office 2k....." prompt with the hdd led flickering every
> now and again.
> It all installed OK but took ages.
>
>
> Why should I be having problems with just this one laptop when all the
other
> machines installed OK very quickly??
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Mark
>
>

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