Control Synchronous or Asynchronous Logon Processing

Using this registry change, you can control whether the desktop loads before the logon script finishes or not.

Edit or add value (REG_DWORD):

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\winlogon

value: RunLogonScriptSync

• 0 = Don’t wait for the logon script to complete before loading the desktop.
• 1 = Wait for the logon script to complete before loading the desktop.

Also add this to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\winlogon