Hi
Just to add my situation.
We run mandatory profiles (one for staff and one for students – both 5.4mb each) and logins take between 8 and 15 seconds depending on the age of the PC.
Our base image runs;
Win7 x32 Enterprise
Office 2010
Adobe CS4 Design Suite Premium
And a load of other software (attached)
We allow staff and students to have the appearance of “roaming” by reg-hacks; for example on logout some Microsoft Office registry keys are exported to their home area and are applied on login. Its not a full roaming profile but from canvassing user comments its really only Office/Adobe CS that the students want to be able to customise.
So when a user changes the Office Toolbar its saved on logout into the registry and then re-applied on login.
We have 2 roaming profiles for a couple of our SLDD students, these take around 20-25 seconds to login, but these are being removed as we find out the regkeys that the students alter in relation to their specific needs.
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From: Support issues for windows in UK HE & FE [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Panattoni, Valente
Sent: 24 September 2012 12:35
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Subject: windows 7 first logon speed
Apologies in advance as I am sure this subject has been covered before.
I would like to know your experiences with windows 7 logon speed in open access PC labs.
Our PC labs have a large collection of applications installed including but not limited to:
Office 2010
Arc Gis 9.3
Google Earth
Visual Studio 2010
SPSS 19
Mathmatica
Matlab
MiKTex & TeXnicCenter
The default user Appdata folder is about 180 MB which is the smallest I could get it and we have a single GPO which applies a couple of Computer Configuration settings.
In our open access PC labs each time a user logs on it takes roughly 2-3 minutes. We run deep freeze so a new build profile is built every time. Subsequent logons are almost instantaneous provided the machine is not restarted.
In the days of IPADs and other instant on devices 2-3 minutes can feel like an age.
Has anyone a similar set up that has managed to improve log on speeds that would like to share their experience?
Many thanks
Valente
Valente Panattoni
Sen Desktop Support Officer
Computer Centre, Room 106
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX
Tel: 01784 414069
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