Hotshot4152

Ok I talked with some people and they like the idea of not loading all that stuff onto the Roaming Profiles. However, and I may be quoting them wrong, they like all that stuff loading on and off the computer because they can then change it centraly if it is needed. They are looking for a "best of both worlds senario" where the data is cashed on the computer, at it seems like the roaming profile is the same for all users (I intend to check that as soon as i can get admin access to the server). And when the computer logs in, before loading the roaming profile it looks at a doccument stored on the server. This document would contain information which would allow the computer to figure out if the cashed data stored on the computer has been changed. If it has not, the computer will load the cashed data, if it has been changed the computer will load from the server, and update the cashed accordingly. I was wanting to know...is that even possible? And if it is can someone point me in the right direction, cause I don't even know where to start with this.

hmm ok so all i have to do is exclude all the files that arn't the network drives from Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Key: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Name: ExcludeProfileDirs Type: REG_SZ Value: Temporary Internet Files;Cookies;Recent;History;Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Then the profiles should be very small, and all the settings for all that junk will be on the computer, making for a faster startup time. (Correct me if i'm wrong) Also does anyone know how to network the my Documents drive to a network drive, I attemped it once, I found a website that tells you to edit some registry value to redirect it, but all that happened was it slowed the whole computer down massivly and the drive was not redirected.

Well i looked at the DNS setting, looks like that is fine, no conflict there. Now is there a way to Cashe the files that are being downloaded from the server to the local machine, becuase 3/4 of them are the same for every user.

Yes thanks Siginet that helped a lot, I had figured roaming profiles had to be at least part of the problem, although I didn't know the techical name for them. I was thinking that creating a cache containing the desktop, documents and such, sence the individual has all their data stored on a networked drive. The DNS setting is something I actualy came accrossed while researching but I didn't think much of it. Do you know of a way I can find the server's IP and the router's IP address from my computer? Edit: Forgot to ask Cluberti, what type of logon data will help? I can do the level's below: NORMAL VERBOSE LOGFILE DEBUGGER or NONE of couse

I am a student working for my university's computer network system. One of the problems I am trying to work on is to figure out what causes the long delay after you enter your password into the login screen. After pushing ok, it takes more than 30 secs loading and applying personal settings. Its not a lot of time, but I am looking for any way to streamline the process. Really all I want to know is what the computer is DOING for those 30 secs. If anyone knows anything about this please help, I can't seem to find any information about this. -Thanks!