Bootup latency with Windows XP Pro

[Brent Magana]

User has bootup latency with issue has Windows XP Pro with SP3 update.
System is on a Domain and seems to hang at applying computer settings. When
machine is unplugged from network, latency is not there. I have seen this
issue on 4 different machines on our network as well. Model is a HP DC5800
Desktop and Hareware in machine is Intel Centrino Processor, 4GB system ram,
and 80 gig Hard Drive.

I have tried many different scenarios:
-Updated device drivers-no luck
-took machine off domain and added it back in-no luck
-Removed Client and Services from network properties (stack), restarted, and
readded-no luck
-I even ran a scan for Spyware/Malware to rule that out-found nothing.
-Ran a net use to see if she was mapped to some old drives-no luck there.
-Since she is running through the phone, I tried a different phone to see if
that was a problem-same issue occurred.
-Plugged in a laptop to her phone that is booting quick; booted it up and
could not reproduce latency.
-Brought machine into my location, slow bootup time still occurs.
What is interesting is that if you unplug network cable from machine, it
boots right up. Tells me the network is running something or looking for
something that’s not there or having a hard time to find.
-I also put her in a group that blocks inheritance totally and issue still
occurs.
-Removed 3rd Party GPO softwware desktop authority and issue still occurs.


It takes right around 2 minutes once her applying computer settings progress
box pops up before the login screen.

After running bootvis, it shows network latency with the mrxsmb.sys.

I have also seen machines that have latency when applying network settings.


I would appreciate any ideas or help anyone can give me on this.

 

[john aka: jopa]

There is a shareware app that might help. There are two settings which seem
to address your issues. I don't know where these settings are in the
registry to manually try these changes.
Scheduled Tasks network search

When you attempt to view the computer share list on a Microsoft Windows
98/ME-based computer from a Windows 2000/XP-based computer, you may
experience a delay of up to 30 seconds. This problem can occur when your
Windows 2000/XP-based computer is checking to determine if scheduled tasks
are enabled on the Windows 98/ME-based computer. You can disable the
Scheduled Tasks search by unchecking this tweak.

Explorer network crawling

With this tweak active and if there are less than 10 systems on the network,
your Windows Explorer will (in the background) search the network to locate
all network shares, which are then displayed directly under "My Network
Places".

As I stated above this is shareware. CachemanXP is a Windows tuneup utility
designed to improve the speed and stability of your computer by optimizing
caches, recovering RAM and fine tuning a number of system settings.
CachemanXP has NO trial period and will always work on your system, whether
you decide to purchase or not.

I have no affiliation with this program - just a user. Homepage is here:
http://www.outertech.com/

 

[Malke]

User has bootup latency with issue has Windows XP Pro with SP3 update.
System is on a Domain and seems to hang at applying computer settings.
When
machine is unplugged from network, latency is not there. I have seen this
issue on 4 different machines on our network as well. Model is a HP
DC5800 Desktop and Hareware in machine is Intel Centrino Processor, 4GB
system ram, and 80 gig Hard Drive.

I have tried many different scenarios:
-Updated device drivers-no luck
-took machine off domain and added it back in-no luck
-Removed Client and Services from network properties (stack), restarted,
and readded-no luck
-I even ran a scan for Spyware/Malware to rule that out-found nothing.
-Ran a net use to see if she was mapped to some old drives-no luck there.
-Since she is running through the phone, I tried a different phone to see
if that was a problem-same issue occurred.
-Plugged in a laptop to her phone that is booting quick; booted it up and
could not reproduce latency.
-Brought machine into my location, slow bootup time still occurs.
What is interesting is that if you unplug network cable from machine, it
boots right up. Tells me the network is running something or looking for
something that?s not there or having a hard time to find.
-I also put her in a group that blocks inheritance totally and issue still
occurs.
-Removed 3rd Party GPO softwware desktop authority and issue still occurs.


It takes right around 2 minutes once her applying computer settings
progress box pops up before the login screen.

After running bootvis, it shows network latency with the mrxsmb.sys.

Sounds like incorrect DNS settings. Check on the workstation. NIC drivers
might have been updated and TCP/IP settings reverted to (or mistakenly set
to) default automatic IP/DNS instead of what it should be.

Malke