For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 306850.

When you start a program in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or in Microsoft Windows XP, the program may run very slowly if the following conditions are true:

• You start a program that does not have a Start in property.
• The network connection to the mapped network share that contains your home folder is slow.
• Additionally, when you log on to the computer, the logon process may be slower than expected if the following conditions are true:
• The client computer must look for system DLL files in your home folder.
• The network connection to the mapped network share that contains your home folder is slow.

For more information about a similar issue that has a different cause, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 306850 Programs start slowly or slow logon if the network connection to your home folder is slow

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