Logon Delays on Computers That Were Imaged by Using Sysprep.exe (275702)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3
This article was previously published under Q275702 SYMPTOMS When you log on to a computer that was set up by using the
System Preparation tool (Sysprep.exe), logging on may take longer than usual
(approximately two minutes). CAUSE Sysprep.exe sets the MaxNoGPOListChangesInterval key to 0x1 which causes the computer to reload the Group Policy
Object (GPO) on every restart. The following registry key specifies
the maximum number of minutes the extension is to be skipped because the policy
has not changed: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GPExtensions\{827D319E-6EAC-11D2-A4EA-00C04F79F83A}\MaxNoGPOListChangesInterval The default value for this is hexadecimal 0x3c0 (960
in decimal, or 16 hours). Because the value remains 0x1, the policy is applied
at each logon regardless of whether or it has been changed. RESOLUTION To work around this problem, use a script that changes this
registry key back to its default value of 0x3c0. STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/22/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbenv kbnetwork KB275702 |
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