slow program startup problem...

[thebrokenmind]

this has been happening for months now but i've been ignoring it.
However, i can't take it anymore....

about May this year i moved my computer off a small network and im now
trying to make it be a stand alone computer, however it doesnt like
doing this.
When i disconnected my computer from the netwrok, i did a rudimentary
job of telling it i had done so and that i should try and fend for
itself. I took it off the domain and removed all of the network drives.


The problem is that everytime i start an application, any application,
i get a freeze, usually only around 5 seconds, but still definitely a
freeze. My system is far from hopeless and it never used to do this so
i'm thinking its not a harkware problem. I'v got a hunch that its got
somthing to do with comp still looking around for a DNS but i cant be
sure, its just that when i fiddle with the settings for ip address and
stuff things seem to work ok for about 30 seconds before
regressing.....

anyone any ideas?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Please post copies of any Error Reports in the System section of Event
Viewer.
it harder to search for information about the error message.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools,
Event Viewer.
When researching the meaning of the error, information regarding Event
ID, Source
and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click on the
error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two
pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now start your
message
(email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This will paste the
info from the
Event Viewer Error Report complete with links into the message. Make
sure this is
the first paste after exiting from Event Viewer.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[thebrokenmind]

ok, this is the error message i got from event viewer...

Event Type: Error
Event Source: ipnathlp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 31008
Date: 13/11/2005
Time: 12:31:57 AM
User: N/A
Computer: W4
Description:
The DNS proxy agent was unable to read the local list of
name-resolution servers from the registry. The data is the error code.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: e8 00 00 00 è...

any help on what i can do to fix this???

 

[thebrokenmind]

wait... i also get this.....

Event Type: Error
Event Source: W32Time
Event Category: None
Event ID: 17
Date: 8/11/2005
Time: 1:26:36 PM
User: N/A
Computer: W4
Description:
Time Provider NtpClient: An error occurred during DNS lookup of the
manually configured peer 'time.windows.com,0x1'. NtpClient will try the
DNS lookup again in 15 minutes. The error was: A socket operation was
attempted to an unreachable host. (0x80072751)

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

This thread from Google may help.
http://snipurl.com/jtum

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[Val]

I had this problem once and it turned out to be that my path variable
still had folders on the server in it. Removing them fixed the problem.

Val