Thanks Jim I tried that but did not work, so just like you suggested there might be latency somewhere else. What I did notice though was that browsing the share that held the start menu was very slow ________________________________ From: Jim Kenzig http://thin.ms <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:40:41 PM Subject: [windows2000] Re: redirected start menu nightmare There is a start menu key at HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop \ MenuShowDelay 400 is default and changing to a smaller number might speed it up but it could be that you have latency elsewhere. Jim Kenzig Blog: http://www.techblink.com On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Patrick <london31uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Guys, We are redirecting our staff start menu throught group policy and staff are beging to notice a significant delay in the time it takes to have the enitre start menu populated. Any suggestions on how we can improve this. Windows 2003 Domain XP sp2 clients. Thanks Patrick