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Home > Forums > MIS/IT > Operating Systems - Hardware Independent > Microsoft: Windows Server 2000 Forum

Slow "Applying Settings"

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dannyyo (IS/IT--Management)
16 Sep 08 11:39
Ever since about 3 months ago, when I reboot my computer it takes a really long time to get to the log on.  It sits at "Applying Settings" for about 10 minutes.  I've looked at DNS, IP configurations, and GPOs, but they all seem okay.  I'm on a Windows 2003 AD domain, GC is local on my segment.  Has anyone experienced this?  Any ideas on fixing this???
Roadki11 (MIS)
16 Sep 08 11:44
Sounds DNS'ish but maybe not.  Got any old login scripts in a GPO somewhere that maybe trying to access an old resource that doesnt exist?  Ive seen it where an old forgotten script was trying to map a drive to a server that was removed and it took a long time for it to time out and stop trying.

 

RoadKi11

"This apparent fear reaction is typical, rather than try to solve technical problems technically, policy solutions are often chosen." - Fred Cohen

dannyyo (IS/IT--Management)
16 Sep 08 18:58
But if what you say is true, then if I log in from another XP computer it should happen there too.  Funny thing is it doesn't happen when I try it on another computer.  So I can conclude that it's more or less something associated with my computer and not my username.
Roadki11 (MIS)
16 Sep 08 20:31
Try deleting your local profile on the pc thats giving you the problem.  Remember you lose any stuff unique to that profile on that pc, like files you have saved on your desktop, IE favorites, stuff like that. Then log in and let it rebuild you a new profile, see if that helps.

 

RoadKi11

"This apparent fear reaction is typical, rather than try to solve technical problems technically, policy solutions are often chosen." - Fred Cohen

TechyMcSe2k (TechnicalUser)
17 Sep 08 10:10
Check the size of your profile.  If more than 10MB, then you need to move some files out of your profile to the local disk.
dannyyo (IS/IT--Management)
18 Sep 08 12:36
I tried logging onto my PC as a new user and it still does same thing.  It created a new profile which is expected, but when I reboot the PC and logon as the new user it was slow "applying computer settings" again.  Then I log out and log on using my user account and it went right in to the desktop.  It seems it only happens on the first logon after a reboot.  There must be something with my PC.
 
TechyMcSe2k (TechnicalUser)
18 Sep 08 12:49
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1088466&page=1

HERE IS ANOTHER POSTING THAT RELATED IT TO DNS
 
Rockstar101 (MIS)
25 Sep 08 13:11
do all your clients act the sameway?  If so maybe someone changed the GPO to prevent the Clients from using "fast logon optimization" logon.???
Rockstar101 (MIS)
25 Sep 08 13:28
Make sure your using asynchronously settings. Every step in the policy is applied at the same time, with the server confirming each step independently. This makes for a much faster login.
 
dannyyo (IS/IT--Management)
25 Sep 08 18:19
Out of 150 or so PCs, I'm only aware of 2 PCs that does this.   
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