[gptalk] Long logon times when switching between metaframe servers.
- From: <bart.schillebeeks@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:40:27 +0200
Hello,
I'm a litlle plagued by this annoying problem. Our metaframe people are
complaining about long logon times for GPO's for certain servers.
I've studied their userenv logs and found it relates to following behaviour.
I've got loopback processing enabled with merge, and it merges several more
restrictive settings when logging on to a metaframe server.
When a user logs on the first time al his gpo settings are applied which takes
about 30 seconds, when they logon a second time to the same server their
settings are marked "same" and the application is skipped.
This is how it should work obviously.
Now when they logon to another server in the metaframe farm i see NTuser.pol
from their profile first erasing all settings in the registry extension part,
and then reapplying them again from the GPO on the domain.
Only the registry extension has this behaviour , all the other ones don't do
this.
Why does this happen? and why is the gpo history not transferred via the
roaming profile to another server ?
Can this be reversed somehow ?
Even if in userenv it says: "the lists are the same" it still deletes and
reapplies.
see example
USERENV 14:34:43:370 ProcessGPOs Processing extension Registry 4.906
USERENV 14:34:43:370 ReadStatus Read Extension's Previous status
successfully. 4.906
USERENV 14:34:43:370 CompareGPOLists The lists are the same. 4.906
USERENV 14:34:43:370 ProcessGPOList Entering for extension Registry 4.906
USERENV 14:34:43:370 UserPolicyCallback Setting status UI to Applying
Registry policy... 4.906
USERENV 14:34:43:401 LogExtSessionStatus Successfully logged Extension
Session data 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 EnterCriticalPolicySectionEx Entering with timeout
60000 and flags 0x2 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 EnterCriticalPolicySectionEx User critical section
has been claimed. Handle = 0x464 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 EnterCriticalPolicySectionEx Leaving successfully.
4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 ResetPolicies Entering. 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 SetRegPermissionsOnPoliciesKey Resetting permission on
the policy key 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 SetRegPermissionsOnPoliciesKey Resetting permission on
the policy key 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 ParseRegistryFile Entering with
<C:\Profiles\g60057\ntuser.pol>. 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 DeleteRegistryValue Deleted
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\3\1001 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 DeleteRegistryValue Deleted
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\3\1004 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 DeleteRegistryValue Deleted
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\Zones\3\1C00 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 DeleteRegistryValue Deleted
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\Autoconfig 4.937
USERENV 14:34:43:401 DeleteRegistryValue Deleted
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel\Connection Settings
4.937
and then the reapplication
SERENV 14:34:45:886 ParseRegistryFile Entering with
<\\int.sys.shared.fortis\sysvol\int.sys.shared.fortis\Policies\{4120ED14-6346-4964-ABCD-F578457BC151}\User\registry.pol>.
7.422
USERENV 14:34:45:932 SetRegistryValue NoComponents => 1 [OK] 7.468
USERENV 14:34:45:995 SetRegistryValue DisablePersonalDirChange => 1
[OK] 7.531
USERENV 14:34:46:057 SetRegistryValue ForceClassicControlPanel => 1
[OK] 7.593
USERENV 14:34:46:104 SetRegistryValue NoDesktopCleanupWizard => 1
[OK] 7.640
USERENV 14:34:46:167 SetRegistryValue NoHardwareTab => 1 [OK]
7.703
USERENV 14:34:46:214 SetRegistryValue NoManageMyComputerVerb => 1
[OK] 7.750
USERENV 14:34:46:276 SetRegistryValue NoSMConfigurePrograms => 1
[OK] 7.812
USERENV 14:34:46:323 SetRegistryValue NoSMMyPictures => 1 [OK]
7.859
normally it should be like this (same user again on same server)
USERENV 14:12:54:275 ProcessGPOs Processing extension Registry 1.359
USERENV 14:12:54:275 ReadStatus Read Extension's Previous status
successfully. 1.359
USERENV 14:12:54:275 CompareGPOLists The lists are the same. 1.359
USERENV 14:12:54:275 CheckGPOs No GPO changes and no security group
membership change and extension Registry has NoGPOChanges set. 1.359
USERENV 14:12:54:275 ProcessGPOs ----------------------- 1.359
As we have multiple metaframe's in multiple farms and silo's this actually mean
that mostly all of these settings are constantly being reapplied costing the
user 30 seconds every time.
If anyone can shed some light on this it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Vriendelijke groeten,
Cordialement,
Kind Regards,
Schillebeeks Bart
Active Directory Security Consultant
Bart.schillebeeks@xxxxxxxxxx
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