Microsoft KB Archive/275702

= Logon Delays on Computers That Were Imaged by Using Sysprep.exe =

Article ID: 275702

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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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   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.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The mini-wizard, which is run upon the next startup after Sysprep.exe is run, modifies the value in following registry key to 0x1:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GPExtensions\{827D319E-6EAC-11D2-A4EA-00C04F79F83A}\MaxNoGPOListChangesInterval

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