[THIN] Re: Citrix slow logins and screen freezes
- From: "Mack, Rick" <RMack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:41:54 +1000
Hi Keith,
You remove cmstart from the registry, period.
Then if you need any ICA client functionality (eg on a LAN you may not) you
have the option of running cmstart backgrounded asynchronous to the windows
explorer initialisation (desktop appears etc) by adding a line to
%systemroot%\system32\usrlogon.cmd, cmd /c cmstart.exe.
This doesn't solve the slow cmstart issue, which may be corrected by the
hotfix you're trying, but it doesn't then impact on login speed.
I'm using the logic that "If the customer doesn't see a problem anymore,
it's fixed", at least 'til we can do it properly.
Could you keep us posted on the results of your testing?
Regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
rmack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Volante Systems
18 Heussler Terrace, Milton 4064
Queensland Australia
tel +61 7 32467704
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Duckworth [mailto:KDuckworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 3:56 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix slow logins and screen freezes
Tyfanie:
Tyfanie,
Thanks for writing back on this.
I just have a few questions on what you quoted from Rick:
When in the statement: "I removed cmstart.exe from appsetup under
hlkm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentverion\winlogon. And added a line:
Start /c cmstart.exe Towards the end of usrlogon.cmd.", does this mean when
doing the reg-hack that I replace "cmstart.exe" with "start /c cmstart.exe"
within the registry, replacing the original "cmstart.exe"? If not, where
does the "start /c cmstart.exe" go?
I have been working with some Microsoft engineers, and they had me apply a
new hotfix that they gave me. It references to KB818528 "Problems when more
than one user accesses the same file through Terminal Services." It's
supposed to be the latest and greatest hotfix for this slow down problem.
Something to do with same file use by multiple people while in TS. It does
an update on the mrxsmb.sys and the rdbss.sys files, and you also do a
registry hack.
Keith
-----Original Message-----
From: Wilson, Tyfanie [mailto:twilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 1:31 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Citrix slow logins and screen freezes
Umm, I had REALLY slow logins.. talking like 10 minutes or so. I already
posted this to the list & got a great response that now makes that box the
fastest one logging in!
The fix was given by Rick Mack (Thanks again, Rick). If you want more info
do a search for the title "SP4 and slow logins"
Had this problem on one customer site and traced it to cmstart taking just
about forever.
I removed cmstart.exe from appsetup under hlkm\software\microsoft\windows
nt\currentverion\winlogon.
And added a line:
Start /c cmstart.exe
Towards the end of usrlogon.cmd.
Cmstart still takes ages to complete, but it runs in the background and
doesn't stop explorer from initialising reasonably quickly.
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Duckworth [mailto:KDuckworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:06 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Citrix slow logins and screen freezes
Has anyone experienced slow logins and screen freezes on their Citrix boxes
after installing SP4 for Win2k? If so, have they found a solution?
I have been working with Microsoft on this problem, but after two weeks, we
are still scratching our heads in confusion.
Keith
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