Bev Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I have been working on speeding up logon/logoff times, and have run into a problem with logging off. It is taking 30 seconds to log off as a normal user, but the administrator account can log off virtually instantly. When I log off as a normal user, I get an error Windows cannot delete the profile directory C:\Users\LoginTest.DOMAINNAME. This error may be caused by files in this directory being used by another program. and the directories are mounting up on the machine. I presume this is a permissions error, but the permissions allow LoginTest, System and administrator full rights on the folder.
DavetheITguy Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Are the profiles you are using Mandatory or Roaming ?
DavetheITguy Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 The server has to write all the information back to the roaming profile when the user logs off, that's why your log off times are so slow. If you were to use Mandatory profiles they would log off a lot quicker.
elsiegee40 Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 The server has to write all the information back to the roaming profile when the user logs off, that's why your log off times are so slow. If you were to use Mandatory profiles they would log off a lot quicker. You need to look to see what size the roaming profiles are and what's making them big. Have you redirected everything possible?
Bev Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 We redirect their home directories, my test account is only 16MB profile, some of them go upto 260MB. Almost all the space taken is within a google chrome folder.
DavetheITguy Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I would recommend Mandatory profiles. my profile size is just 1.43mb. I can log in under 7 seconds and log off is instant. Everything is redirected, Documents, Videos, Pictures, Music etc.
elsiegee40 Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 We redirect their home directories, my test account is only 16MB profile, some of them go upto 260MB. Almost all the space taken is within a google chrome folder. Redirect everything possible: AppData, Desktop, etc and see if that helps. The less that's being written back to the server at logoff the better. AppData and Desktop are the two biggest troublemakers, but don't limit yourself to that.
Bev Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 I have to admit, I looked into Mandatory Profiles but all the instructions I've read seemed extremely complicated. looking at the profiles, all I have is an Appdata folder which is tiny, 13k, favourites is 3k (that's only for staff), and then a huge google folder. We use Google Chrome a lot, so just getting rid of Chrome isn't an option, but obviously the profile is an issue. I wonder if I can put that on a redirected folder. Documents, Videos, Pictures, Music etc. All of these are redirected already.
DavetheITguy Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I have got a guide I created for mandatory profiles, I'll find it out and give you a copy. My version is very easy to do.
Bev Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 I suspect this may be the problem, in group policy Set Google Chrome Frame user data directory Enabled Set user data directory ${profile}\Google\Google Chrome Policy Setting Comment Set user data directory Enabled Set user data directory ${profile}\Google\Google Chrome
Bev Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 I have got a guide I created for mandatory profiles, I'll find it out and give you a copy. My version is very easy to do. That would be very helpful.
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