Re: Group Policy and performance during logon procces from client

Dear Jorge, thank you for your reply.

But FW is not enabled and DNS entries points to the right DNS.

I want to mention again that this delay happens only when "active desktop
background" is enabled (point either to a file located localy on the windows
directory or to a shared directory on the network).

I've tried on a test pc to apply a test policy with only "active desktop"
enabled and "active desktop background" enabled. I have disable local policy
on the pc and also"computer policy" from this test policy (thinking that will
speed up logon to windows).
The result is the same. It takes about 2 minutes (or more) in order the
desktop fully initialized after logon.

We have stack on this :-(




"Jorge Silva" wrote:

Hi
Do you have any errors in eventvwr?
Note that there are some problems regarding to the use of FW in the Windows
XP machine, make sure that the FW are configured correctly with GPO.
Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft Windows XP with Service
Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/depfwset/wfsp2ngp.mspx
Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
You cannot configure Windows Firewall settings or Security Center settings
on a Windows XP Service Pack 2-based client computer that is in a Windows
Small Business Server 2003-based network
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/872769
For DNS
Assuming DNS AD Integrated Zone
-Make sure that each DNS server points to itself under NIC preferred DNS. If
the Server IP-Address is 192.168.0.1 then the preferred DNS should also be
192.168.0.1.
- Clients: Make sure that the clients only use their local available DNS
server(s) on their NIC DNS configuration. Do not place the ISP DNS server or
any other DNS on the client or DNS Server NIC properties, this is a common
mistake. The clients should use their local DNS server to resolve all
queries. It’s up to the local DNS server to handle the Internet resolution
as any other Zone that the DNS is not authoritative for. Check the link for
configuring DNS for Internet resolution.
Note: The DNS client does not utilize each of the DNS servers listed in
TCP/IP configuration for each query. By default, on startup the DNS client
will attempt to utilize the server in the Preferred DNS server entry. If
this server FAILS to respond for any reason, the DNS client will switch to
the server listed in the alternate DNS server entry. The DNS client will
continue to use this alternate DNS server.
Best practices for DNS client settings in Windows 2000 Server and in Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825036/en-us
How to configure DNS for Internet access in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323380/
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I hope that the information above helps you
Good Luck

Jorge Silva

MCSA + Exchange + MSCE
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"Odysseus" <Odysseus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B6433577-A384-40D5-BB23-AA889EEED9ED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,
We have install a group policy on an OU. This policy, among other
functions,
forces specific active desktop background to users.
User logon on computers (windows XP SP2) belonging to this OU takes from
30'
to 2min.
When we disable "active desktop background" user logon very fast.
Note that we have use .jpg and .bmp.
The delay is not related to transfer from a network share directory (he
have
tried it from client computer also).

Any idea to solve this problem?
Thanks in advance.


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