After installing home network, can't start applications for 15 min

[Guest]

I have a Dell notebook that is normally used at work on a LAN, but is used at
home occasionally. Notebook specs: P4 2.2 Ghz, 512 Mb RAM, 40 Gb HDD. I set
up a network at home this weekend, for filesharing/printer sharing purposes
with an old Win 98SE machine. This network does not connect to the internet.
After running the networking wizard on my XP SP 2 notebook, I made the floppy
and added the network share stuff to the 98 machine. No problems there.
I noticed the latency when I clicked on Network Connections (to verify my
fileshare permissions) and saw a quick hourglass then nothing happened. So I
clicked it again, still nothing. Irritated, I clicked on Symantec Anti Virus
to see if it was blocking anything because I have their antivirus/firewall
software installed. That app wouldn't launch either. I got desperate and
tried MS Word. It launched, but took about 90 seconds. I tried a reboot of
the notebook at that point, but it couldn't shut down. Looking at Task
Manager showed all the processes that I had tried to start (like ConMgr and
NAV), but those applications had never actually started. I got the "Do you
want to kill the process?" dialogs for each thing, and clicked End Now. Then
the machine just froze. Finally, I pushed the power button. Restart took a
long time. I used MSConfig to stop Symantec from starting, and that made no
difference.
After wrestling with the 15 minute thing, I had to install a new external
hard drive (USB) and a DVD burner (USB) so that the files on the 98 machine
that I was trying to archive could be archived. That was the whole point of
this network. I had to start the installers and go away for 15 minutes before
InstallShield dialogs would finally appear. I was able to successfully
install both pieces of hardware.
When I arrived at work this morning, on my work LAN, my machine took 10
minutes to Outlook. Waiting for 15 minutes for applications to start is
ridiculous. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Guest]

wow, first of all, it could be possible its read only files, are you using a
cross over cable?, same mshome group, are they shared, can you ping, can you
cook a steak?joke!You might have spyware? if you can ping each comp,I give up!

 

[Guest]

The network is working perfectly fine, the shares work, the directory
permissions are correct. The problem is with the machine. It won't launch
applications, it takes several (like 15) minutes to display dialog boxes or
start various apps. I have already looked in event viewer, which doesn't tell
me much. I have trimmed back the startup apps using MSConfig. I have scanned
for viruses. I checked Windows Updates and Norton updates for latest and
greatest. There is an incredibly remote chance that spyware is on that
machine, but I have AdAware installed and it found nothing. I can try again
to look for any Malware, but I think the problem may be related to having set
up a new network with Norton Internet Security already installed on the
machine. Even if i disable NIS during startup, I still can't do anything for
about 15 minutes. Help!

 

[Guest]

well Er T, in looking at the entire problem, it seems that you took your
laptop home, tried to connect your old PC to it, and now you have some
explaining to do at work? If I am wrong, sorry, just an opionion. For any
pc,laptop to take that long is not good.
That is where it all seems to start. Do you have a crossover cable? Can you
ping the network address of each comp? Not to insult, I have never used that
setup floppy. How are these comp's connected? Can you use a DOS PING Command?
You seem intelligent, computer savvy. Only trying to help

 

[Guest]

Oh, I don't have any explaining to do at work. I'm actually a software
engineer and our lab network admin, so this is really embarrassing to me that
I can't fix it. The home network works perfectly- i.e. ping, netstat, etc.
all work fine. No problems with the fileshares on either machine.
Once booted, the notebook works fine-- Exactly 15 minutes later, that is.
And it is exactly 15 minutes, I have timed it three times. It doesn't matter
if it is connected to my LAN at work, my workgroup at home, or simply sitting
on my lap with no network connections. It just needs 15 minutes after a
reboot to get it to do something. I know there has to be something in there
that is preventing it from running apps. My next thought was to try the
cleanest boot possible and see what that does. In looking at some other
posts, many people have complained about Norton in conjunction with XP SP2.
Since our MIS guy pushed SP2 out to all the machines on the work network, I
couldn't avoid putting it on my machine. No reason why I couldn't remove it
though. Or maybe uninstall Norton AV. I would be open to any suggestions at
this point.

 

[Guest]

That sounds like an answer.I have heard that norton and sp2 dont click and
that norton is working on it :>}, just a bigger smile with a gotee? I should
have membered that. Thats why you are a net admin and why I wanna be..... I
would uninstall sp2 or norton and kill the MIS GUY..... a little joke. How
many software engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? none, its a
hardware problem:,".
I am out of answers to this one , GOOD LUCK