Which setting should you configure?

HOTSPOT
Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
You have several Windows PowerShell scripts that execute when client computers start.
When a client computer starts, you discover that it takes a long time before users are prompted to
log on.
You need to reduce the amount of time it takes for the client computers to start. The solution must
not prevent scripts from completing successfully.
Which setting should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate setting in the answer area.

HOTSPOT
Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
You have several Windows PowerShell scripts that execute when client computers start.
When a client computer starts, you discover that it takes a long time before users are prompted to
log on.
You need to reduce the amount of time it takes for the client computers to start. The solution must
not prevent scripts from completing successfully.
Which setting should you configure? To answer, select the appropriate setting in the answer area.

Answer:

Explanation:
Lets the system run startup scripts simultaneously rather than waiting for each to finish
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Directs the system to wait for logon scripts to finish running before it starts the Windows Explorer
interface program and creates the desktop.
If you enable this policy, Windows Explorer does not start until the logon scripts have finished
running. This setting assures that logon script processing is complete before the user starts working,
but it can delay the appearance of the desktop.
If you disable this policy or do not configure it, the logon scripts and Windows Explorer are not
synchronized and can run simultaneously.
This policy appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. The policy set in
Computer Configuration takes precedence over the policy set in User Configuration.

By default, the Fast Logon Optimization feature is set for both domain and workgroup members.
This setting causes policy to be applied asynchronously when the computer starts and the user logs
on. The result is similar to a background refresh. The advantage is that it can reduce the amount of
time it takes for the logon dialog box to appear and the amount of time it takes for the desktop to
become available to the user. Of course, it also means that the user may log on and start working
before the absolute latest policy settings have been applied to the system.
Depending on your environment, you may want to disable Fast Logon Optimization. You can do this
with Group Policy, using the Always wait for the network at computer startup and logon policy
setting.

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Bert

Bert

Shouldnt it be sychronously?

John

John

Startup scripts are batch files that run before the user is invited to log on. By default, the system waits for each startup script to complete before it runs the next startup script.

Running startup scripts asynchronously basically means that all the scripts are just fired off ‘at the same time’ (the system will not run the scripts one by one) which increases start-up speed.

See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811602.aspx

jay z

jay z

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc958585.aspx

Run logon scripts synchronously

Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon
Description
Directs the system to wait for logon scripts to finish running before it starts the Windows Explorer interface program and creates the desktop.
If you enable this policy, Windows Explorer does not start until the logon scripts have finished running. This setting assures that logon script processing is complete before the user starts working, but it can delay the appearance of the desktop.
If you disable this policy or do not configure it, the logon scripts and Windows Explorer are not synchronized and can run simultaneously.

Patrick

Patrick

The question is asking about startup scripts. Changing the setting to run logon scripts synchronously will do nothing to fix the long boot up times. So the answer is Run Start Up scripts asynchronously is correct as you will be able to speed up the time in which all the start up scripts run effectively reducing the boot up time.