Thanks to all who put out ideas to help me.
I have found the problem. It was a service called "Bonjour" and it
was related to ITunes that I had installed about two years ago and
then removed.
I found a boot log analyzer program called "BootXP" and with it's 30
day trial I was able to examine my boot file and see what
services/drivers/programs were taking a long time to load.
I disabled the Bonjour service under Admin tools and my boot time
dropped from 225 seconds to 85 seconds!
I highly recommend "BootXP" from Greatis Software as a very useful
program to find these type of problems.
Rich
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:43:26 +0000, JIM <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> You have DSL , but is the modem trying to use dialup ?
> Jim
>
>
>
>On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:50:14 +0000, Rich wrote:
>
>> I am only using the Windows XP firewall, no third party SW.
>>
>> I do not have McAfee or Norton antivirus, I am using AFG.
>>
>> I use Firefox as a browser but that is opened only after my network
>> connects. No Messenger service or any SW that is constantly streaming
>> stuff.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:45:02 -0500, "LVTravel" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for posting so much information. I don't have
>>>Verizon DSL but my brother does. He does not have a home
>>>network but only connects to the internet. When he clicks
>>>on IE or the MSN garbage that Verizon supplies his computer
>>>takes about 1 - 1&1/2 minutes to log onto Verizon. Part of
>>>the time is the Microsoft Messenger service starting. The
>>>remainder of the time is the computer accepting the IP
>>>address, etc. He also has a relatively fast Dell desktop.
>>>Don't know if this is a Verizon problem or not.
>>>
>>>IIRC Verizon supplies you with McAfee Antivirus and
>>>Firewall. This could be slowing down the connection also.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Rich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> More details:
>>>>
>>>> My network is a Verizon DSL with a combination
>>>> modem-wireless router.
>>>> My desktop that is experiencing the delay is hard-wired
>>>> to the
>>>> router.
>>>>
>>>> The computer is a home-built with a MSI motherboard with
>>>> on-board
>>>> Ethernet.
>>>>
>>>> The router has DHCP enabled.
>>>>
>>>> My network connection has:
>>>>
>>>> Client for Microsoft Networks
>>>> QoS Packet Scheduler
>>>> File and Printer Sharing for MS networks
>>>> Network Monitor Driver
>>>> Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what else might be important...
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:15:13 GMT, Rich <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Every time at boot there is about a 2 minute delay before
>>>>>my network
>>>>>connection is established.
>>>>>
>>>>>Anyone know why this might be?
>>>>>
>>>>>Using XP Pro SP2, fully updated.
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA, Rich
>>>
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