Network Hang from Cold Boot?

[Lamar Family]

Whenever I cold boot my machine (power had been turned off) Windows boots
fine, but there is a long delay in the network coming up. In addition,
WinXP Firewall pops up and gives me a warning that the firewall is turned
off. I can not do anything with the firewall or network connections for
about three minutes...then the network loads and runs fine....and the
firewall warning disappears. This does not happen when performing a warm
reboot.

This only stated happening within the last several weeks. Since it started
I've cleaned the system by updating and running SpyBot, AsAware and Norton.
I've also run a check of the hard drove. It seems that from a cold boot,
the app for starting the network is being delayed or getting hung up for a
long time.

Any suggestions?

PS: WinXP service Pack 2.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

Whenever I cold boot my machine (power had been turned off) Windows boots
fine, but there is a long delay in the network coming up. In addition,
WinXP Firewall pops up and gives me a warning that the firewall is turned
off. I can not do anything with the firewall or network connections for
about three minutes...then the network loads and runs fine....and the
firewall warning disappears. This does not happen when performing a warm
reboot.

This only stated happening within the last several weeks. Since it started
I've cleaned the system by updating and running SpyBot, AsAware and Norton.
I've also run a check of the hard drove. It seems that from a cold boot,
the app for starting the network is being delayed or getting hung up for a
long time.

PS: WinXP service Pack 2.

Dear Lamars,

this is likely a problem where some hardware is involved,
because the software for the most part cannot notice whether you
did a cold or warm boot.

Do you have a modem connected? That's a possible culprit.
Disconnect external devices to test.

Did you find spyware or viruses?

Check http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm for more details
involving Service Pack 2.

Hans-Georg