Windows Domain Offline login time....

[Lazybones]

I have a problem that has been annoying me since XP and and is still present in Windows 7... if I log into my domain enabled laptop while off the network it takes an extra 30-40 seconds to log in.. I have tried a variaty of registry and GPO tweaks but have not been able to fix this and it is starting to drive me crazy...

Under XP a similar issue could be worked around by disabling WiFi and this seemed to speed up login but under Vista and Windows 7 I can't find a solution.

None domain machine local accounts do not have this delay.

[Mr. Analog]

Man, I've had this before.

Have you tried playing with this setting (XP Pro):

Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->System->Logon, change "Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon"

I couldn't remember the location exactly so I Googled it and got to here:
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37007.aspx

I guess the other thing you might want to try is changing the authentication timeout in your network settings or just create a non-domain user that you can use in "disconnected" mode.

Just some ideas...

[Lazybones]

Ya, as I said I have tired several GPO and registry settings... The only thing that works is using a local account...

If I hibernate it is fine... it only seems to be a problem when logging in... If the computer is just locked it doesn't do it.

[Mr. Analog]

Well I'm stumped... stupid Windows...

[Lazybones]

I swear I google this problem every two months in the hope someone has a solution.

[Tom]

I could swear I heard about a solution to this, but for the life of me I can't remember where, or what it was

[Lazybones]

I could swear I heard about a solution to this, but for the life of me I can't remember where, or what it was

I could work around it in XP, and there is a strange solid background bug in win 7 that comes up in some searches but i am not using a solid background... As well there are several group polices around time outs but I still haven't found one that works specificity on windows 7...