Re: Emacs delay on windows

> From: Brian Elmegaard <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:16:42 +0100
> 
> I finally found the way to remove a small annoyance in emacs 24. I 
> constantly have a few seconds delay when opening files, compiling, and 
> other file operations.
> 
> It seems that this is caused by some network interaction and it can be 
> removed by stopping the Netlogon service. This is explained in detail 
> on: http://www.hydrus.org.uk/journal/emacs-netlogon.html
> 
> I would like to understand why Emacs has this problem/feature? I don't 
> experience it in any other programs.

Emacs logs on to a network drive the first time it is used.  This is
not new in Emacs 24, it was so since 6 years ago.

I don't know why this call was added to Emacs; presumably some
networked drives fail system calls if the user didn't log into them.

Why the Netlogon service makes this so slow, I don't know.