thx Jeremy, Joe - i got this Hotfix already...with no difference. So the Problem is somewhere else... Will follow this: http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=564 Maybe after this i can tell more... On 3/29/06, M <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not sure why you are confused about ntuser.pol standard ms stuff. > > http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/74635e11-a0e2-42e0-b3c6-a5ccbc43c9311033.mspx > Quote: > > An archive file on client computers that is updated each time the > Administrative Templates CSE sets a policy setting. As processing completes, > an Ntuser.pol containing the history of applied registry based policies in > the Group Policy managed policies tree is written to the root of the user's > profile containing user policy settings and to the "all users" profile > containing computer policy settings.(%Allusersprofile%\ntuser.pol for > computer policy and %userprofile%\ntuser.pol for user policy.) > Ntconfig.pol is the old default NT4 policy file. > > 2003 PS4 is a tad faster. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Andy <andysideas@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:25 AM > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: PS4 Lot slower logging in than XP Fr3 ? > > > I'm a little confused by this. How is ntuser.pol invovled ? Was that not > for NT4 systems ? > > Having said that, we also done testing similar to what you have done. We > then decided that the upgrade to PS4 would also include an upgrade to > Windows2003 SP1. Just completed the upgrade, very glad we did. Logins are > now faster like for like. Although with SP1 more GPO options are there if > you decide to enable them. > > Have you tested Windows 2003 ? > > Also you have not mentioned the client, but I take it the client was the > latest version 9xxx > > > On 3/29/06, M <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hello there, > > > > I have been testing 2000 PS4 for some of our older legacy application > > servers. > > 2000 PS4 + Rollup Fix 1 + Post Rollup Hotfixes > > > > Identical OS build & Patches, Identical hardware. 4 Servers used to > > compare. > > PS4 takes double the amount of time to log in when compared with XP FR3 > > SP4. > > > > I thought this was very strange.The servers in the same OU and compared > > login times. I have turned all mappings off apart from clipboard mapping. > > > > XP FR3 SP4 Servers take 10-20 seconds to log in. PS4 takes 45 seconds > > upwards to log in. > > > > After monitoring and recording sessions loggin in, i found that PS4 is > > as quick as XP to establish a connection. > > The login time takes longer as GPO policy processing is taking place. > > This is also evident simply by looking at the "Enhanced" Login window. > > Processing registry Policy takes an age (for test users anyway). > > Filemon traces show that Winlogon spends longer looking at the resulting > > ntuser.pol that appears in the users profile, than when compared with > > XP. > > > > Anyone noticed this with PS4 ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- [Der denkende Mensch ändert seine Meinung.]