Setting Policies for Mobile Users

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Several users in the example organization are considered mobile users: they use laptop computers and access the LAN from a variety of locations.

For more information about user types and best practices, see "Implementing User State Management" in this book.

To create a pleasant mobile user experience

These Group Policy settings help ensure that your mobile users have the best user experience when logging on to a managed environment.

  1. In GPMC, right-click Group Policy Objects, and click New. When prompted for the New GPO name, type Mobile Users, and click OK.

  2. Right-click the Mobile Users GPO, and click Edit.

  3. Expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand System, and click User Profiles.

  4. In the right pane, double-click Do not detectslow network connections. Click Disabled, and click OK.

    This GPO setting blocks the user from disabling slow-link detection.

  5. In the right pane, double-click Timeout for dialog boxes. Click Enabled, and then click OK to accept the default value (30 seconds).

    This GPO setting causes a message to display briefly, saying that the user is not receiving their RUP because the user is logged on over a slow link.

  6. In the left pane, click Scripts. In the right pane, double-click Maximum wait time for Group Policy scripts. Click Enabled, and accept the default wait time of 600 seconds.

    This setting prevents the user from having to wait for longer than the specified maximum wait time for a logon script to complete execution over a slow link.

  7. Close the GPO Editor.