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| OPTIMIZE GROUP POLICY OBJECT PERFORMANCE, PART 1 |
| While Group Policy is more powerful than the Windows NT 4 policy model |
| it replaces, it's also more difficult to troubleshoot, especially |
| processing performance. Here are four ways to speed up Group Policy processing: |
| * REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PROCESSED GROUP POLICY OBJECTS (GPOs). The number |
| of GPOs that must be processed directly affects the Windows 2000 startup |
| and logon time. Less GPOs means faster processing. You can reduce the |
| number of GPOs by using Organizational Units and combining several GPOs. |
| * FILTER GPOs BASED ON GROUP MEMBERSHIP. By filtering GPOs, you can |
| define which GPOs will be processed for certain users and which are ignored. |
| * DISABLE PORTIONS OF GROUP POLICY SETTINGS. By disabling portions of |
| the settings that aren't used, you'll speed up GPO processing. You can |
| disable either the computer settings or user settings. For instance, if you |
| have an Organizational Unit with only computers, you can disable user |
| settings, which aren't needed. |
| * CONFIGURE GROUP POLICY SETTINGS TO RUN ASYNCHRONOUSLY. When you start |
| Windows 2000, the settings are processed synchronously. In such cases, |
| one setting can block all others. With asynchronous processing, settings |
| can be applied out of order, resulting in faster logon times. |
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