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Every day, the first time that I log in to a relatively (otherwise) speedy windows 2003 server, it sits on "applying user settings" or something similar for 30+ seconds after a successfull login (before the desktop appears).

Any thoughts on how to get rid of this?

Thanks

Brian Webster
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Have you checked that DNS is setup properly?

Russ Warren
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What it displays matters.

If you're seeing "Applying personal document settings...", for example, that implies a problem with folder redirection policy.

Also, have a look at the application event log-- it's probably telling you something about what's going on.

Edit:

Okay. Is a roaming user profile in use? If so, go check to see the count of files and size of the files in the profile directory on the server computer. You've probably got a boatload of files or a very large file in your roaming profile.

Evan Anderson
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Well, I am assuming you are using roaming profiles. What size is the profile on your server? Are you caching profiles locally on your domain? If you have an abnormally large profile, it can take a while to get to the machine from your file server. Also, Local profile caching can help speed it up, if you feel comfortable with that.

RascalKing
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Anytime that I've ever had a slow down in remote desktop (when starting my connection), it's been because my RDP session was attempting to map local printers, which I don't have a need for. I turned that option off and it got rid of my slowdown.

If you click on Options > Local Resources in the RDP window, it's a check box to turn it off.

GregD
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