[Samba] Fwd: Windows 7 problems

[henri]

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> [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] De la part de Cain, Marc
> Envoyé : mardi 9 novembre 2010 21:34
> À : samba at lists.samba.org
> Objet : [Samba] Fwd: Windows 7 problems
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 9, 2010, at 7:29 AM, henri wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I have a couple of questions related to Windows 7 : 
> > 
> > - opening a domain session on the Win7 client takes a long time. At 
> > least 40 seconds, while there is no delay on XP client. Is 
> it a kown 
> > problem ? A bug ? What can be done to avoid such a delay ?
> 
> There are a least two timeouts that I've found that can 
> affect domain logons
> 
> 	-- Roaming profile logon timeout: When a user with a 
> roaming profile attempts to logon to a Samba domain Windows 
> will display the Welcome screen for 30 seconds before 
> enabling the user's desktop. This bug does not affect Active 
> Directory logons. Setting the GPO below to 0 seconds will 
> work around this timeout.
> 
>         \\Computer Configuration\Administrative 
> Templates\System\Set maximum wait time for the network if a 
> user has a roaming user profile or remote home directory
>         Set to: 0
> 
> 	-- Synchronous Logon script timeout: When the local 
> Computer GPO is set to "Run logon scripts synchronously" 
> Windows 7 displays the Welcome screen for 30 seconds before 
> enabling the user's desktop. NOTE: this bug may only be 
> extant in Windows 7 Professional, not Enterprise or may have 
> been addressed in service pack. Creating the following 
> REG_DWORD registry key will work around this bug:
> 
>         
> \\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
> \Policies\System\DelayedDesktopSwitchTimeout
>         Set to: 00000001
> 
> There is also the solid color background bug (again, it may 
> have since been addressed in a service pack): Change the 
> background color to any .jpg image.

Thanks for that. After some tests I got it work. 

> 
> 
> > - in smb.conf , the %a value for Windows 7 is "Vista" , right ?
> 
> Don't know.  The %a switch hasn't worked in our shop for some 
> time.  Windows 7 will tag the profile folder listed with a 
> .V2 extension or will expect a .V2 extension.

I was asking for the %a substitution in order to call the right script file
at logon . 
For me , logon%a.cmd is substitued by logonVista.cmd . I assume it's ok. 


> 
> > - NT Default Profile no longer works with Windows 7 . I guess it is 
> > normal , but is there a workaround ?
> 
> Default User profiles do work with Windows 7 and Samba.  See 
> the article for Windows 7 default profile details:
> 
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289

Thanks for the link. I will try the procedure. 


> 
> > - Same question for NT policies : I assume it is normal 
> that windows 7 
> > does not support NTconfig.pol files any longer. 
> Nevertheless, is there 
> > a way to get the same features ? For these kind of functionality 
> > (having some control of user profiles on Win7 clients) , is AD the 
> > only and inescapable solution ?
> 
> We create a local group policy that we copy from the server 
> via logon script at logon time.  Works great for bot WinXP 
> and Windows 7.

How do you generate the policy file and how do you copy it from server to
client via logon script ? 
XP was automaticaly loading ntconfig.pol (generated by the old poledit.exe)
in the netlogon directory , but what about Win 7 ? 

Thanks for your help. 

Henri 

> 
> > For my needs (200 domain users), NT domain was a sufficient 
> solution 
> > and worked perfectly with XP. I am affraid that with 
> Windows 7, I will 
> > have to move to something much more and unnecessarily complex :-( .
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for your help. 
> > 
> > Henri
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