Logging into View desktop takes *forever*

[bshubinsky]

For some reason, it takes *forever* for View desktops to come up. Whether I do RDP, PCoIP, or the console it takes 5-10 minutes of a black screen after logging in (it loads fine up until I actually log in) before the desktop comes up.

Has anyone run into this before?

[gunnarb]

What type of device are you logging in from?  A Zero Client?  I Thin Client? or a Soft Client?

-Gunnar

[bshubinsky]

I've tried RDP through my desktop, I've tried the vCenter console and I've tried the View Client on my Windows XP desktop. This is the weird thing:

It only happens when I try logging in with domain credentials. If I log in locally, it works fine.

[idle-jam]

1) if you do a direct RDP from a computer to the virtual desktop, is it the same?

2) what about DNS hostname resolution? can the view server, desktop, thinclient resolve one another using hostname?

[gunnarb]

Well there you go.  It's got to be something on your network.  Maybe its not connecting to the first DNS server correctly.  It sounds to me like a logon script/roaming profile issue.  I doubt you VM is at fault here.

[bshubinsky]

1) If I do a direct RDP it does the same stuff.

2) Yes, I can ping and resolve everything.

[bshubinsky]

I'll try putting it in an OU without any login scripts/group policy attached to it and try it again.

[gunnarb]

That sounds like a good plan my Final Fantasy 1 friend.   Do this both to the computer and the user you are using to log in.

[bshubinsky]

Figured it out. It was actually UAC - I first thought it was a mapped drive issue, which lead to me looking at the logon script. I tried running the script and it did nothing. Then I tried "run as administrator" and it worked. Once I disabled UAC, I could log on just fine.

[gunnarb]

Damn that UAC.  Glad to hear it's fixed.