Ok once I join my 2 Vista Business machines to the domain it takes 3-4 minutes for them to shutdown or reboot. If I take the machines off the domain they shutdown in under 45 seconds. Is there something in Group Policy that could be affecting this. I only have Office 2003 installed on these machines at the moment. Both machines are Vista Capable. Dell says so on the sticker. thanks.

Add a New OU to your domain and add the Vista computers to them ( this is let you know if you have any Group policies being applied by OU) Do you hae any domain GPO's being set besides Password ?

So i created a new OU and GPO and disabled my other one. Machine reboots fine. I have the following set. I did have clear pagefile set but removed that and still slow. Security SettingsAccount Policies/Password PolicyPolicy Setting Enforce password history 5 passwords remembered Maximum password age 60 days Minimum password age 1 days Minimum password length 7 characters Password must meet complexity requirements Enabled Store passwords using reversible encryption Disabled Account Policies/Account Lockout PolicyPolicy Setting Account lockout duration 30 minutes Account lockout threshold 5 invalid logon attempts Reset account lockout counter after 30 minutes Account Policies/Kerberos PolicyPolicy Setting Enforce user logon restrictions Enabled Maximum lifetime for service ticket 600 minutes Maximum lifetime for user ticket 10 hours Maximum lifetime for user ticket renewal 7 days Maximum tolerance for computer clock synchronization 5 minutes Local Policies/User Rights AssignmentPolicy Setting Add workstations to domain P\Domain Admins, P\ProvInfrastructure Adjust memory quotas for a process NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE, NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE Replace a process level token NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE, NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE Local Policies/Security OptionsAuditPolicy Setting Audit: Audit the access of global system objects Enabled DevicesPolicy Setting Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers Disabled Interactive LogonPolicy Setting Interactive logon: Do not display last user name Disabled Interactive logon: Do not require CTRL+ALT+DEL Disabled Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration 14 days Network SecurityPolicy Setting Network security: Force logoff when logon hours expire Disabled ShutdownPolicy Setting Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on Enabled Event LogPolicy Setting Maximum application log size 10240 kilobytes Maximum security log size 10240 kilobytes Maximum system log size 10240 kilobytes Prevent local guests group from accessing application log Enabled Prevent local guests group from accessing security log Enabled Prevent local guests group from accessing system log Enabled Retention method for application log As needed Retention method for security log As needed Retention method for system log As needed System ServicesNorton AntiVirus Server (Startup Mode: Automatic)PermissionsType Name Permission Allow BUILTIN\Administrators Full Control Allow Everyone Full Control Allow NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Full Control AuditingNo auditing specifiedPublic Key Policies/Autoenrollment SettingsPolicy Setting Enroll certificates automatically Enabled Renew expired certificates, update pending certificates, and remove revoked certificates Disabled Update certificates that use certificate templates Disabled Public Key Policies/Encrypting File SystemPropertiesPolicy Setting Allow users to encrypt files using Encrypting File System (EFS) Enabled CertificatesIssued To Issued By Expiration Date Intended Purposes Administrator Administrator 1/1/2006 2:48:02 PM File Recovery For additional information about individual settings, launch Group Policy Object Editor.Public Key Policies/Trusted Root Certification AuthoritiesPropertiesPolicy Setting Allow users to select new root certification authorities (CAs) to trust Enabled Client computers can trust the following certificate stores Third-Party Root Certification Authorities and Enterprise Root Certification Authorities To perform certificate-based authentication of users and computers, CAs must meet the following criteria Registered in Active Directory only Administrative TemplatesWindows Components/Windows UpdatePolicy Setting Allow non-administrators to receive update notifications Enabled Configure Automatic Updates Enabled Configure automatic updating: 3 - Auto download and notify for install The following settings are only required and applicable if 4 is selected. Scheduled install day: 0 - Every day Scheduled install time: 11:00 Policy Setting No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations Enabled Specify intranet Microsoft update service location Enabled Set the intranet update service for detecting updates: http://nana Set the intranet statistics server: http://nana (example: http://IntranetUpd01) User Configuration (Enabled)Windows SettingsRemote Installation ServicesClient Installation Wizard optionsPolicy Setting Custom Setup Disabled Restart Setup Disabled Tools Disabled Internet Explorer MaintenanceBrowser User Interface/Customized Title BarTitle Bar Text P

ARE you using admx file toset the GPO forVista Heres a link of the new GPO settings http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1000379&SiteID=17

I am not getting the whole ADMX thing. Is there any how to's out there?