Users in the Finance department complain that it takes five to seven minutes for Windows 10 to finish the Welcome screen after they enter their credentials on their domain-joined laptops. Once the desktop appears, applications run normally. Other departments log on in seconds to the same network. Which situation is the MOST likely cause of the slow profile load?
The users have large roaming profiles that must be copied from a network share at logon.
The laptops are still using the generic VGA video driver.
Fast Startup is disabled in Power Options.
Windows Search indexing is turned off in their local images.
A roaming profile is copied from the network to the local drive during logon and back to the server at logoff. If that profile grows large-because of items such as cached email, desktop files, or browser data-the transfer can markedly extend logon time while leaving post-logon performance unaffected. Disabling Windows Search, using a basic video driver, or turning off Fast Startup affects overall system performance or boot time, not the specific delay that occurs only between credential entry and desktop presentation.
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