Workstation OS: Windows 7
Domain Controller OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
I have measured the following with a stop watch:
- When the laptop is in a workgroup, it takes just 17 second to shut down.
- when I added the same laptop to a domain (corp.abc.com), now it
takes 1 minutes and 22 second to shut down. (it just shows the shutting
down screen)
Why does the shutdown time increase so much when a workstation is added to a domain?
Note: I have not made any changes on the laptop, nor added any software. I have done the above testing because users start complaining about this after adding their laptop to the domain and takes a long time to shut down. It's happening to all laptops that run Windows 7.
Best Answer
You probably have some GPOs that are applying to the client that are doing something like syncing offline files, running logoff/shutdown items, etc.
Run
rsop.mscon the client in question to see what policies are applying and the difference should become obvious.