Hi all,
We have got a big problem using GPP to deploy 2 Network Shared Printers to well over 400 Windows 7 Clients.
When we had Windows XP, we used to use a VBS script to map the printers, and it was fast and worked great everytime.
So after moving to Windows 7 clients, using the same VBS script , the printers sometimes appear, sometimes one will appear and is very random. The login time is around 2 minutes from welcome screen to desktop, but the printers appear slowly (maybe another 30-40 seconds after the desktop has loaded)
I then opted to use GPP to deploy the printers. The good news is that the Printers appear everytime a user logs in on a Windows 7 Client. Bad news is the Login time has increased massively. The time is now 4-5 mins from welcome to desktop.
I've checked in the Event Viewer on the Windows 7 Clients and found these appearing everytime a user logs in, in the Application Log:
The winlogon notification subscriber <GPClient> is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logon). EVENTID 6005
The winlogon notification subscriber <GPClient> took 167 second(s) to handle the notification event (Logon). EVENTID 6006
These two events appear everytime a user logs in and when I use GPP to deploy the printers. If I remove the printers from GPP and go back to using VBscript, the above events do not appear in the Event Viewer and login time is down to 2 minutes.
So what can I do to fix this? I've looked everywhere on technet and other forums, and there never seems to be an answer, so please can someone help.
Thanks in advance