Windows 10: Optimize Login Speed on SharedPC Domain-Joined Devices: Best Practices for AppData-Heavy...

We manage over 3,000 domain-joined computers in an on-premises environment. We do not use Intune and prefer to manage our infrastructure via Group Policy and MDT.We aim to deploy a shared Windows image created in Audit Mode, where all necessary software is preinstalled. However, many of these applications store large amounts of data in %AppData% >20GB, which significantly increases login times for students due to profile copying from C:\Users\Default.Our Workaround is to move the appdata to C:\AppData\ , change many registry items to comply with this change, also we use UWF to clean all

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UnattendedJoin error: failed to find the domain data (0x6e)

Thanks for the suggestion! I don't want to add a domain account, as this is a generic unattended install that will be used for all company machines. Do you think it's possible that the computer would join the domain if, instead of using UnattendedJoin in specialize, I used your steps but left out the specific account? The other thing I was thinking was to use a generic account to allow the domain join during the specialize step. I added a machine password in the UnattendedJoin component, and instead of getting the error listed above, I got an authentication error, which makes me think I could probably do a secure join instead of the unsecure join. Thoughts?

 

Join Workplace on Domain PC

Hi Harish,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand that the domain joined computer is prompting a notification related to Workplace Join. In this case, let me help to point you in the right direction where you should get the appropriate assistance for issues related to domain environment.



I would suggest you to post your query in
TechNet Forums, where we have a dedicated team of professionals to help you with queries related to Workplace Join.



Meanwhile, if it may help, you can check the following documents.

• Walkthrough: Workplace Join with a Windows Device
  
• Join
  to Workplace from Any Device for SSO and Seamless Second Factor Authentication Across Company Applications
  
• How To: Plan your hybrid Azure Active Directory join implementation
  

Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Re-join the domain after upgrade

There is no need to leave the domain, you can perform the upgrade (with Admin privileges).

You can also leave the domain, upgrade with a local account, then join the domain again.

Resources:

• Quick
  Tip: Join a Windows 10 PC to a Domain