Computer Policy doesn't finish applying before Welcome to Windows

[Guest]

as part of the group policy that applies to our Thin Client terminals we have
a setting that hides the last logged on user, and also forces the default
domain that displays in the "Log on to:" box when the user presses
ctrl-alt-delete.

the problem is if the user presses ctrl-alt-delete as soon as it first shows
when the machine starts, the policy hasn't yet applied and it doesn't show
the correct logon domain, it displays the local mahine name, and it also
shows the local admin account as the user name.

If the user waits about 30 seconds before pressing Ctrl-alt-delete then the
policy applies and it all works fine.

As the terminals have a write filter it will always lose any last logged on
user information when rebooted, so it is quite important to blank out the
username, also we are migrating to a new domain so users will be confused if
they have to choose to logon on to a particular domain.

Is there a way of ensuring that all machine policies have applied before the
"Welcome to Windows" logon box is displayed?

Thanks
Ian

 

[Guest]

Never used it but there is a "Group Policy slow link detection" policy. You
would configure this in the "Computer Configuration" section of the GPO.
There is an a setting for this in the "User Configuration" section, but that
is only for when the user logs in. You may be able to play with that setting
some to see if it helps. Though the question with that is will that setting
apply before the logon screen appears?