Network Accounts - Red Dot disappeared?

Afternoon all
We have 12x iMacs on an Active Directory network. We have the usual 1-2 minute wait after boot before network accounts are available - however 10.8 gave us that red dot that clears once accounts are available, but in Mavericks there's a pop-up warning that disappears, but no red dot, so you can't tell when the problem has cleared and when you are able to log on.
Is this an option or has it been removed entirely?
Thanks, Tom

I do believe it's fairly normal... one of the crazy things about a fully cooperative multitasking OS, it can try to connect before the Interfaces are up & ready.
Found a work-around. This command adds a delay, in this case 45 seconds, before displaying the Login Window.
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow StartupDelay -int 45
If the Login Window UI detects that the network servers are available when it starts, it will skip the delay, also if network servers become available before the delay expires, the Login Window UI cancels the delay and displays.
Kent
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10338123#10338123

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