The boot-time required for a log-on to a desktop blade system is improved, and a more streamlined process for performing maintenance operations, such as software updates, across an enterprise desktop blade system is facilitated. All activities being performed by a user are cached, in an off-blade storage location, on an ongoing basis. The caching is performed using “divided caching”, that is, different elements of the user image are stored in different locations. The specific divisions utilized are based upon classifications of the information to be cached, e.g., a first class of information used by all users of the system; a second class of information utilized by a certain class of users; a third class of information utilized only by a particular individual, etc.