Profile synchronisation taking ages for users dialling-in

[kevd]

I have quite a few users who, when out of the office dial-in (using Dial-up Networking) to a Shiva D56, which gives them a network connection. They are then able to enter their NT user IDs and passwords to get access to the shared drives and other applications such as mail. Log in takes an inordinately long time for some, as the profiles are synchronised between the network copy and the local copy on the machine.<br><br>The OS on the laptops is Windows 95.<br><br>Is there an alternative suggestion for setting this up so that this delay is removed? Whether it means changing the domain policy, etc...?

 

[KenCAD]

I would take a long look at the size of your user profiles. Profiles often contain Internet Explorer Temp files and other info that really does not need to be updated across a dial-up connection. Remove these from the profile.<br>The below info is Microsoft's recommendation on limiting roaming profile size.<br><br>Profile quotas are enabled by using a system policy. <br>In System Policy Editor, load the templates Common.adm and Winnt.adm. <br>Create a new policy. <br>Open Default User, and then expand Windows NT User Profiles. <br>When you select Limit Profile Size, the following option are available: <br>Custom Message<br>The text in the dialog box that appears when the user's profile exceeds the quota. <br>Max Profile Size<br>The maximum size of the user profile. This value defaults to 30,000 KB, so administrators will want to carefully consider how low they set this value. This is especially true, given the fact that users will not be able to successfully log off if their profile is too large. <br>Include registry in file list<br>When the user exceeds the profile quota, an error icon appears in the system tray. Double-clicking the icon brings up a tool that lists all the files in the profile, as well as the file size from the largest file to the smallest. By default, the list does not include files that are smaller than 2 KB. Users can consult this list to determine which files can be erased, moved to server-based storage, or backed up to offline storage. When this option is checked, the users' registry settings, Ntuser.dat, will be included in the list. Users cannot delete this file. <br>Notify user when profile storage space is exceeded<br>By default, users will get a dialog box informing them that their user profile is too large only when they attempt to log off. With this option selected, a dialog box appears as soon as the profile reaches the quota size, and at a configurable interval thereafter. <br><br>NOTE: Remember that the user will not be able to log off if the user profile quota is exceeded, and, by default, small files are not listed in the dialog that displays the files contained in the profile. If Internet Explorer 4.x is installed, these small files could include the entries in the Temporary Internet Files folder. This cache uses a small percentage of the total drive space, but can easily grow to be several megabytes in size. To delete these files, the user will need to empty the cache through the Internet Explorer Internet Options dialog box. <br><br>Last Reviewed: February 5, 1999<br>© 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.<br>&nbsp;<br>Article ID: Q185561<br><br>Last Reviewed:<br>February 5, 1999 <br>Provided by Microsoft Product Support Services. <br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>

 

[kevd]

Thanks, KenCAD. That's along the lines that we were thinking. Just needed to confirm that this was the case.