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i have an NT 4.0 server and 8 workstations connected to this server. one of the user profiles takes very long time to log on. why is that? i have cleaned the temporary internet files, cookies,and everything else i could from the user profile on the server but this does not help.
thanx in advance.

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by tony.colgrove

How big is the profile? Does the user have some big files sitting on his desktop, that has to copied from the server everytime the user is loging on?

by mark_lt

Answer 1 may be your issue if it a NT4WS only, try deleting the local profile ( the main thing to delete is the user.dat) so when the use next logs on it gets rebuilt. Also, have you checked the logon times of other users on the same system ?

by mcarswell

to follow up on answers 1 and 2 the user may have a currupt profile. Check the profiles on the workstations and see if you have profiles named [Username].000 if so the workstation may be having issues with the users profile. Log in to the workstation with the local administative account and Delete all the users profile and then have have the user log in. next have the user log off and back on and see if he the profile takes as long to load. If it does you may even look at deleting the user roaming profile as well as his local.(Not while the user is log in) If you are worried about loosing the users files just rename the profiles and once the new profile is created you can copy the file out of his old profile back to his new profile

by rfraysier

I agree with the previous answers, however, if you use roaming profiles, you'll have to delete that profile as well.

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