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  • Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:35 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    I've been trying (without success) to work out why the 'Slow network connection timeout for user profiles' isn't working, and I need help!  Our situation is this:

    • Windows 7 Enterprise clients
    • Active Directory in 2008 R2 Native Mode
    • Roaming profiles stored on Windows 2008 R2 file server
    • Remote offices connected via slow to medium speed WAN links
    • Roaming profiles are being downloaded from the server even when computer is connected via a slow link

    I've increased the 'Slow network connection timeout for user profiles' connection speed and it still loads the roaming profile.  From what I've read there doesn't appear to be a way to produce log files that us mere mortals can understand, so I've been experimenting with the 'Group Policy slow link detection' settings as there's far more information available for Group Policy processing and I assume that it uses a similar method for calculating slow links.

    I've set the connection speed setting for the 'Group Policy slow link detection' policy to the same value as I was using for the equivalent Roaming Profile setting (10000) and if I run GPResult /R I can see 'Connected over slow link?: Yes'.  I've also enabled GPSVC logging and can see entries such as 'Estimated bandwidth on one of the connections : 490 kbps'.

    So everything appears to be working correctly for Group Policies, but not for roaming profiles.  Is there something I'm missing here that's causing the profiles to be loaded regardless?

    Thanks in advance

    Robin

     

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