Hi.
In my scenario I’m using Windows Server 2003 R2 X64 and Windows XP Pro SP3.
When I assign a Home Folder for a user, the logon process is slow (long time). When I remove the Home Folder from the user object the logon process is fast. Why is this?
For this troubleshoot I have created a new user, who is not affected with any GPO, Roaming Profile, logon script etc. DNS works great. I have also tried to remove the Home Folder from the user object and run a script to map the earlier used Home Folder share. This is to "manually" assign the user a Home Folder share. The logon process is fast this way.
What is it with the centrally assigned Home Folder on the users object that are different from other shared and mapped folders (for not the obvious ..)? A quick-fix is of course to remove every users Home Folder registration, and manually assign these Home Folder/Shares trough logon-scripts, but I do not like the thought of this..
The problem I experience is also described in this forum and thread: http://www.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=32051
Other, what I regard as not important, information:
I have an AD with several sites, and a domain controller in every site. I do not think this is part of the problem, because the client computer is authenticating and connected to the right domain controller. This is also the server hosting the users Home Folder.