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Domain users often complain about long computer startup and logon times caused by slow processing of assigned Group Policies (GPOs). From the user’s point of view, the computer takes a long time to boot and seems to hang for several minutes at the “Applying computer/user settings” stage. In this article, we’ll look at how to find out how long it takes for GPO settings to apply on a computer, identify policies that make applying computer settings slow, and speed up Group Policy processing.
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