Re: Printers and roaming profiles

In news:9B2365C2-C325-4702-9095-3E773478D02A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Rod Park <RodPark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Hi Everyone,

I have an issue relating to logons and I would like someone to
confirm how printer connections work in relation to roaming profiles.
A few users are complaining that their logins are taking an extended
period of time (circa 3-4 minutes).

My question is this:
When a user who is configured with a roaming profile logs onto an XP
workstation, do the printer connections in their profile automatically
trigger the installation of the print drivers required by the printer
connections if the workstation does not already have the drivers
installed locally? Essentially I need to know whether the process of
logging on with a roaming profile is causing the download of printer
drivers for their printer connections over the WAN.

Many thanks,
Rod

Hmmm. Possible, but I'd be amazed if it was related to printer drivers,
honestly - those are generally pretty tiny (and wouldn't be an issue if this
isn't the first time the user has logged in to that particular computer).

You mention a WAN; are the users logging in at workstations in one network
location, with profiles living in another? That's probably not wise, if so.
If you mean, some of the printers are on a different network, that shouldn't
be that big a deal.

I'd check for workstation event log errors - and also make sure the profile
sizes are kept MINISCULE (use folder redirection), and download/install MS'
User Profile Hive Cleanup service, and make sure the users' workstations
have no external/public DNS server IP addresses in their ipconfig /all. Just
your internal DNS server(s).


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