Windows Genuine Advantage Waiting

[Guest]

I seem to be held up in startup while Windows WGA is phoning home. My
software is all properly licensed. Seems my startup is dependent on MS
website authentication / speed. I have all of the new August 8th patch
Tuesday updates and that seems to be when it started.

Any suggestions? I have NO viruses, trojans, spyware, adware - for sure!
Windows Firewall is off or on - makes no difference. If I turn off all
startup programs - makes no difference. If I delete all anti-virus /
fireware products - makes no difference - they do not even get the chance to
start anyway and when they do all is blazing fast. I have a clean registry.

DO NOT tell me to disable more programs in startup - DO NOT tell me to
disable SSDP.

Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

WGA does not work that way. It does not "phone home" during the boot process.

See the following:

Restore Your Computer's Performance with Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx


--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

Enjoy all the benefits of genuine Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.mspx

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| I seem to be held up in startup while Windows WGA is phoning home. My
| software is all properly licensed. Seems my startup is dependent on MS
| website authentication / speed. I have all of the new August 8th patch
| Tuesday updates and that seems to be when it started.
|
| Any suggestions? I have NO viruses, trojans, spyware, adware - for sure!
| Windows Firewall is off or on - makes no difference. If I turn off all
| startup programs - makes no difference. If I delete all anti-virus /
| fireware products - makes no difference - they do not even get the chance to
| start anyway and when they do all is blazing fast. I have a clean registry.
|
| DO NOT tell me to disable more programs in startup - DO NOT tell me to
| disable SSDP.
|
| Thanks.