A way to turn off ALL roaming profiles?

[dpoleshuck]

I am a graphics teacher in a high school.

My Windows XP boxes are working really slow on a Windows 2003 server.

Especially logging on and logging off.

I didn't set up the servers and don't want to start reinstalling just
yet because I am too busy creating my images to ghost on to the
workstations.

Is there a quick way to turn off ALL roaming profiles? I think that may
be the problem.

Since classes are 43 minutes, the logon and logoff time doesn't seem
worth it (we don't have gigabit).

Thanks.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Which logon and logoff is slow?
Logging on to the domain on the XP box, or login on to the Terminal
Server when you start the rdp session?

Where are home directories and roaming profiles stored? On a
separate fileserver, on the Terminal Server, on the Domain
Controller? How many servers are there and what is their role in
the domain? Are you running Active Directory?

If logon to the Terminal Server is slow, then you can change the
profile path for all users with a Group Policy:

Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Terminal Services
"Set path for TS Roaming Profiles"

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