Disable detection of slow network connections

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows2000, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting disables the detection of slow network connections. Slow link detection measures the speed of the connection between a user's computer and the remote server that stores the roaming user profile. When the system detects a slow link, the related policy settings in this folder tell the computer how to respond. If you enable this policy setting, the system does not detect slow connections or recognize any connections as being slow. As a result, the system does not respond to slow connections to user profiles, and it ignores the policy settings that tell the system how to respond to a slow connection. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, slow link detection is enabled. The system measures the speed of the connection between the user's computer and profile server. If the connection is slow (as defined by the "Slow network connection timeout for user profiles" policy setting), the system applies the other policy settings set in this folder to determine how to proceed. By default, when the connection is slow, the system loads the local copy of the user profile.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Add the Administrators security group to roaming user profiles

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
• User
  Connect home directory to root of the share

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Control slow network connection timeout for user profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Delete cached copies of roaming profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
• Computer
  Do not forcefully unload the users registry at user logoff

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Do not log users on with temporary profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Download roaming profiles on primary computers only

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Establish timeout value for dialog boxes

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Exclude directories in roaming profile

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Leave Windows Installer and Group Policy Software Installation Data

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems with SP1 or Windows XP Professional with SP2