Roaming profiles load slowly

[Guest joeB545]

I am using Win Server 2003 and WinXP SP 2 in a very small domain. There is

one server and three workstations. All updates are current.

 

When I have roaming profiles active, it takes more than five minutes for to

log on and off. When inactive, the process takes about 15 seconds.

 

An examination of my profile on the client machine shows that the profile

is about 3G in size. Half of that is an Outlook .pst file.

 

Why does the log on/off process take so long and what can I do to speed it up?

 

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joe B

[Guest Anthony [MVP]]

Re: Roaming profiles load slowly

 

Joe,

- Local Settings, including the Outlook folder, are not included in the

roaming profile so are not the problem

- 1.5GB for the rest of the profile is still a sizable profile to

synchonise. 5MB is good!

- Try moving data out of the profile by using Redirected Folders.

- Make sure the DNS server settings on the clients are good: no ISP servers,

just the DC's

Hope that helps,

Anthony

http://www.airdesk.com

 

 

 

 

"joeB545" <joeB545@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E9C2CEEF-5928-4ACD-A112-CDEC373FBACB@microsoft.com...

>I am using Win Server 2003 and WinXP SP 2 in a very small domain. There is

> one server and three workstations. All updates are current.

>

> When I have roaming profiles active, it takes more than five minutes for

> to

> log on and off. When inactive, the process takes about 15 seconds.

>

> An examination of my profile on the client machine shows that the profile

> is about 3G in size. Half of that is an Outlook .pst file.

>

> Why does the log on/off process take so long and what can I do to speed it

> up?

>

> --

> joe B

[Guest Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Re: Roaming profiles load slowly

 

Anthony [MVP] wrote:

> Joe,

> - Local Settings, including the Outlook folder, are not included in the

> roaming profile so are not the problem

> - 1.5GB for the rest of the profile is still a sizable profile to

> synchonise. 5MB is good!

> - Try moving data out of the profile by using Redirected Folders.

> - Make sure the DNS server settings on the clients are good: no ISP servers,

> just the DC's

> Hope that helps,

> Anthony

> http://www.airdesk.com

>

>

>

>

> "joeB545" <joeB545@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:E9C2CEEF-5928-4ACD-A112-CDEC373FBACB@microsoft.com...

>> I am using Win Server 2003 and WinXP SP 2 in a very small domain. There is

>> one server and three workstations. All updates are current.

>>

>> When I have roaming profiles active, it takes more than five minutes for

>> to

>> log on and off. When inactive, the process takes about 15 seconds.

>>

>> An examination of my profile on the client machine shows that the profile

>> is about 3G in size. Half of that is an Outlook .pst file.

>>

>> Why does the log on/off process take so long and what can I do to speed it

>> up?

>>

>> --

>> joe B

>

>

Also consider excluding folders from the roaming profiles

 

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Regards,

Hank Arnold

Microsoft MVP

Windows Server - Directory Services