Windows XP and VPN Client
We are trying to get an Windows XP SP3 client to work when it is on our network with group policy/drive mapping but when it is on an external network we would like no group policy or drive mappings. We found one web resource that said to delete the GPO registry settings on logoff or shutdown.
Have anyone ever done this and if so could you give us some direction.
Answers
- Hi,
Generally speaking, Group Policy would not apply if the client machine is in external network. Please refer to the following article:
Group Policy is not applied due to cached credentials
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736905(WS.10).aspx
To enforce external network settings, you can enable the following policy:
[Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy]
1. Enable Group Policy slow link detection.
2. Configure Drive Maps Policy Processing->uncheck Allow processing across a slow network connection.
Thanks.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.- Marked As Answer byMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorWednesday, November 04, 2009 6:55 AM
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- Hi,
Generally speaking, Group Policy would not apply if the client machine is in external network. Please refer to the following article:
Group Policy is not applied due to cached credentials
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc736905(WS.10).aspx
To enforce external network settings, you can enable the following policy:
[Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Group Policy]
1. Enable Group Policy slow link detection.
2. Configure Drive Maps Policy Processing->uncheck Allow processing across a slow network connection.
Thanks.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.- Marked As Answer byMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorWednesday, November 04, 2009 6:55 AM
- Hi,
Is the suggestion helpful? If not, please let us know more information for research. Any update is welcomed.
Thanks.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Yes.
I found out more information on the issue, it seems that the drive mappings are causing the slowness (because we are redirecting the my documents folder). Can you setup offline folders per machine so when an user is using a laptop it would do the "my documents" as an offline folder?- Hi,
As far as I know, redirection folders are automatically configured to be offline files. If you need more offline folder, try to configure the following computer settings:
[Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Offline Files\Administratively assigned offline files]
For more Offline policies, please refer to the article below:
Configuring Group Policy for Offline Files
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759721(WS.10).aspx
Thanks.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. - We got the offline folders to work correctly. Thanks for all your help.
Can someone explain when a windows XP client is off our network why is the boot up process still really slow. We are using cached accounts. We seem not to be able to resolve this slowness. How would one troubleshoot this to see what is actually causing this slowness. - Hi,
This problem may occur if the software or components on client tries to find some network resource.
If there are mapped drives and Domain printers, please delete them to test.
If the problem still occurs, check your GPO settings, navigate to: [Computer Configuration/ Policies / Administrative Templates / System /Logon]
Make sure the policy was not enabled "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon".
Thanks.
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