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hi all,

in my office there is a computer, that is working very slowly. when ever a user login on the computer it work very slowly, however it is working fine with others user's login.

we have removed all the map drive from his profile, remove temp file, prefetch the system, and even remove all the old profile.

please help me to resolve this issue.

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Given that the PC is only slow for one specific account and fine for others on the same machine, the bottleneck is almost certainly in that user context: profile corruption, a per-user startup item, a user-scoped GPO/logon script, a bad network printer, or Offline Files. was right to ask about roaming; since confirmed it is a local profile, start by treating it like a profile/hive issue rather than hardware or OS-wide.

Quick isolate:

  • Have the same user log on to a different PC. If it is slow there too, look at that AD user’s logon script, Home folder, and applied user GPOs. If it is only slow on this one PC, rebuild the local profile cleanly.
  • Rebuild profile: log in as admin, back up the user’s Desktop/Documents/Favorites, then rename C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME to USERNAME.old and delete that user’s SID under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Next logon will create a fresh profile. Copy back only data, not NTUSER.DAT or the whole AppData folder.

Targeted checks before or after the rebuild:

  • See exactly what user GPOs/logon scripts are applying on this box:

    gpresult /scope user /v

    If you see a script, temporarily unlink it or move the user to a test OU and retest.

  • Inspect per-user startup items with Autoruns (Logon, Explorer, Scheduled Tasks tabs). Disable anything that references a dead UNC path or old software. Autoruns

  • Remove all network printers for that user and set a local printer as default to test. An offline default printer can stall logon/Explorer.

  • If Offline Files is enabled, disable it for a test; a bloated CSC cache can hang the shell at logon.

  • Check Event Viewer around logon time (Userenv/GroupPolicy entries) for timeouts to missing servers or scripts.

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Member Avatar for jbennet

is it a roaming profile?

Member Avatar for pramod purohit

is it a roaming profile?

no its not a roaming profile its a local profile.

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