Slow file access on SYSVOL

[Rick L.]

First the particulars:

W2k AS SP3 domain controllers (3)
Windows XP SP1 client

I am having a problem with the amount of time it takes my WinXP client
to start my vbscript logon script. The logon script file is stored in
a Group Policy directory on SYSVOL. Over a 56kb line (VPN) it takes
approx. 1 minute from the time Group Policy processing completes till
the logon script file starts. I've also done a test where I copied
the .vbs file from the location on SYSVOL to the client's C: and it
took about 50 seconds to do the copy. The file is only 28k.

I've seen the TechNet articles about oppurtunistic locking, but this
is my test script, and only my test client accesses it, so I don't
think that is an issue. The logs on the DC's are clean. Client log
files are also clean. I can also see slow access on my LAN clients as
well, but not as pronounced due to the higher speed connection. I've
looked everywhere I can think of, and I cannot find a reason for this
slow response time.

Let me know if you have any ideas, or need more info.

TIA,
Rick L.

 

[Diana Smith [MSFT]]

Hello Rick,

The best way to troubleshoot this issue is to enable userenv debug logging
to see what happens after the user logs on until he gets the desktop.

Here is the article that you will need to use:
221833 How to Enable User Environment Debug Logging in Retail Builds of
Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=221833