MacAir using AD for authentication. In AD, there is a network home assigned to that user. When logging into that account on the Mac, it takes 1-2 minutes after entering credentials, before displaying an error that it could not connect to it, every time.

In our AD, all users have a network home that is set (smb://home for example). For some of our Mac users using AD for authentication, there is a 1-2 minute delay between entering their credentials and the OS being presented. The OS does not present itself until the user dismisses the alert: "There was a problem connecting to server home".Local users on the same machines do not have that problem.

It remains in the dock as User's Network Home as a ? that I am unable to remove, and there is also a 'Unknown' in the log-in items for the user as well (that I am also unable to remove).

Is there anyway to disable this share? Or to stop the Mac from trying to connect to it before loading the OS?