Too long to load profiles

[Guest]

Last year or so, users had came across this problem

Users logging onto my Journal Server using Mandatory Profiles were taking an
inordinate amount of time loading and applying their profiles.

These were NEW machine, just added to the Journal's domain. However it does
seem that putting users into Administrators group did make the load much
quicker, almost instantaneous. When i do NOT make them admin, either i would
leave them as Users or Power Users, it can take up to 3-4 mins for the
profile to be fully loaded. Whereas, when they in the admins group, less than
30 secs.
All the users are on the same SubNet. In fact they are all on the same
10/100 Switch including the server itself. So the problem seems to lie more
specifically with how the profiles were configured. ???

Given the situation where these machines are in the hands of students and
possibly unsupervised, this may contribute to rash of virus recently down
here. If i remove admin rights, then the students will complain, loudly. If i
leave them, then it may expose the machine and the network to possible virus
and other malware.

If you have anything that may be relevant to helpful in trying to diagnose
this, please comment....

I am thinking of re doing the mandatory profiles for all of some of the
Journal users over the summer, if you think this may resolve this problem. I
would like to assistance or direction on this if possible.

 

[Guest]

Since the profiles are mandatory anyway, would it speed things up to copy
them from a (single) fixed profile stored on the workstation itself instead
of across the network?

If the profile on each computer needs modifying, you could use a
logon-script entry to update it from the server.

Just a suggestion, whenter it's applicable depends on your exact needs, of
course.

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Try creating a couple of test users and logon as one of those users to see
what happens on a known clean computer that has default configuration. If
the problem is the same then configure that test user to not use the
mandatory profile to see what happens. It would at first glance that the
problem is permission related. I would look in the logs via Event Viewer to
see if anything is recorded that may be of help. Check to make sure that
permissions are proper for the profiles for the users [see links below]. You
might also want to consider using Group Policy and folder redirection in the
future instead of mandatory profiles in the future. Giving students
administrator powers when not otherwise needed is a recipe for disaster.
The links below may be helpful. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/upfrfaq.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443/