Microsoft Windows NT Server White Paper
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3. Delete the network connection and reconnect.
Working Around Slow Network Links
Slow Net
(which is configured in System Policy) was designed to offer a user
faster access to his or her User Profile if the system detects a slower network
speed, such as a modem line connection. Instead of automatically download-
ing a profile that may be several hundred kilobytes to several megabytes large,
Slow Net gives the user the option of either downloading the profile or using
the locally cached version. If the cached file is used, it can significantly reduce
the time it takes to log on to the computer. To detect a slow network, the oper-
ating system computes the amount of time it takes to receive a response from
the server (which the profile path defines as part of the user account). As sys-
tem administrator, you can determine the allowable slow network speed. Use
the System Policy Editor to set this value.
If the user uses the Control Panel System application to change the profile
type to
Local
,
then
the cached copy of the User Profile is opened every time
the user logs on. Any changes that occur to the profile are written locally and
not to the server location.
