NT4 vs XP Roaming Profiles

[ryhackl]

My network setup:

Lab#1 -- Windows XP Professional clients
Lab#2 -- Windows 2000 Professional clients
Lab#3 -- Windows NT4 clients

Server: Windows 2003

Profiles: Roaming Profiles used

My Problem:
When a user logs on to W2K and WinXP clients, the roaming profiles load very fast (I've set up group policies to ensure they don't 'bloat').

When a user logs on to Lab #3 (NT4 clients), they log on quickly, but when they log back on to Lab#2 or Lab#1, it takes about 5 minutes to load up their profile (the issue is worse if a number try at the same time).

I believe the profile information is stored differently for W2K/WinXP and NT4. I've checked the UserEnvDebugLevel debug log, and found that the XP client basically rebuilds the profile after a NT4 log on.

Any tips for speeding up the load times of the roaming profiles?

Thanks in advance for any input...

 

[anawrocki]

My only word of advice is don't mix NT4 with W2K or XP. They don't play well together. XP and W2K play together fairly well.