System pause for 1 minute after reboot?

[Guest]

Why is it that after I've rebooted and started up windows xp, it'll wait for 1 minute or so before I can do anything? It's very strange cause it seams that some of the programs are disabled and only 2 of the 'start up' programs will start, then it'll wait for about 1 minute with seamingly no cpu processing and then the rest will come.

I'm sure it has something to do with the network, as the problem is gone if I start up without that plugged in.

I also suspect it has something to do with some 'Service' as my Anti-virus program says 'waiting for services to start' during this minute.

After these 20 seconds has passed at startup everything behaves perfect and it's not a critical problem, but still kind of annoying.

It's the same way at my friends computer.


System:
a7v8x mainboard
120 mb maxtor hd
2x160 mb sata hds in raid 0
512 mb ram
16x asus dvdrom
nec nd1300 dvd-rw
256 mb gainward geforce 5600
XP Pro SP1
anything else you need to know?

 

[mt_hall]

This behaviour is normal. The services that start when
windows starts up only kick in after the preceding
services have started. If you have a live network
conenction, it will chatter to find domain controllers,
dhcp servers, wins servers, master browsers and routers.
Let alone respond to broadcast traffic. your lucky it's
over in a minute... mine takes nearer 2!

Windows XP takes ages to load, to try and make it seem
faster, microsoft have decided to finish off loading stuff
after you log in.

If you don't take part in a domain... you could disable
server, messaging, computer browser services...

-----Original Message-----
Why is it that after I've rebooted and started up windows

xp, it'll wait for 1 minute or so before I can do
anything? It's very strange cause it seams that some of
the programs are disabled and only 2 of the 'start up'
programs will start, then it'll wait for about 1 minute
with seamingly no cpu processing and then the rest will
come.

I'm sure it has something to do with the network, as the

problem is gone if I start up without that plugged in.

I also suspect it has something to do with some 'Service'

as my Anti-virus program says 'waiting for services to
start' during this minute.

After these 20 seconds has passed at startup everything

behaves perfect and it's not a critical problem, but still
kind of annoying.

 

[Guest]

WOOOOHOOOO!!!! Finally found out what this bugger was!
'File and printer sharing on Microsoft Network' was checked by default, and that caused this tremendous lag!!!

Incidently, I followed this nice guide:
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15159
and now my puter is better and faster than ever before!! Alot of the tips in there are elementary, but there were a few that I didn't know about, or had forgotten. Boy, am I a happy trooper!!

 

[Guest]

WOOOOHOOOO!!!! Finally found out what this bugger was!
'File and printer sharing on Microsoft Network' was checked by default, and that caused this tremendous lag!!!

Incidently, I followed this nice guide:
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15159
and now my puter is better and faster than ever before!! Alot of the tips in there are elementary, but there were a few that I didn't know about, or had forgotten. Boy, am I a happy trooper!!