bootup troubleshooting

[DC Gringo]

I've got a lot boot process that hangs for it seems 5 minutes while running
start-up scripts. The only way to get it to log right in quickly is to
disable the workstation service, which obviously causes other problems.

I'm running WinXP SP1 on a Win2k domain.

I used bootvis.exe to log my boot process but it doesn't pinpoint what the
exact hold up is. Only that 1.5 min is in shell exec stage and 5 minutes
for Logon/services stage.

How can I see what part of either the startup script or shell exec,
logon/services are holding me up?

 

[Brock Buss]

I've got a lot boot process that hangs for it seems 5 minutes while running
start-up scripts. The only way to get it to log right in quickly is to
disable the workstation service, which obviously causes other problems.

I'm running WinXP SP1 on a Win2k domain.

I used bootvis.exe to log my boot process but it doesn't pinpoint what the
exact hold up is. Only that 1.5 min is in shell exec stage and 5 minutes
for Logon/services stage.

How can I see what part of either the startup script or shell exec,
logon/services are holding me up?

I've found that the webDAV client service sometimes causes this. No
idea what the service is for, but the machine I was working on took 600
seconds or more to boot past the logon + services (thanks bootvis!).
Once I disabled the webDAV service from starting it worked flawlessly.
Started up the service again, just as a troubleshooting practice, and
the machine was back to 600+ (10min.) boots.

Try disabling webDAV client service at startup. Maybe that'll help you.

-Brock

 

[DC Gringo]

Brock,

In the Computer Management Services screen, is it listing as "WebDAV Client
Service"? If so, I don't have it even listed.

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DC G