Too much time in welcome screen

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most of the time its piece of hardware and its unsigned driver or the
antivirus auto protect loading up. Are you on a LAN? do you have high
security settings in your firewall?
 
Hello,
I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 + K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92 Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home.
The problem is that after I boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?

I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either. Any pointers are appreciated.
Thanks.
-Samik
 
most of the time its piece of hardware and its unsigned driver or the
antivirus auto protect loading up. Are you on a LAN? do you have high
security settings in your firewall?
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I have Kerio Personal Firewall. I am using it on my laptop also, w/o any such delay. I am on LAN. Is there any implication for that?
Is there any way to find out which hardware is the offending piece, or if it is the Norton AV?
Thanks for replying.
-Samik
 
when you have a LAN + XP + XP's firewall + your own firewall+ (IMO anything
norton) your settings for those things will affect your boot time.

The infamous spywares / browser hijackers can cause problems.

Check the events log for something that may not be loading.
 
Hello,
I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 + K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92 Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home.
The problem is that after I boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?

I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either. Any pointers are appreciated.
Thanks.
-Samik
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http://www.greatis.com/security/bootlog.htm

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Samik said:
I have Kerio Personal Firewall. I am using it on my laptop also, w/o any
such delay. I am on LAN. Is there any implication for that?
Is there any way to find out which hardware is the offending piece, or
if it is the Norton AV?
Thanks for replying.
-Samik
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LAN problems, or having a NIC active with no LAN, are common 'large delay'
culprits as the system is waiting for something to time-out, such as a DHCP
request or some other LAN activity.

First thing is sever the internet connection (so you're not wide open to
attack) and turn off the firewalls to see if they're blocking something.

And to emphasize severing the internet connection, the delay could also be
a virus or trojan trying to 'phone home' but blocked by the firewall.

As a side note, two firewalls on the one PC is not only a waste but
needlessly complicates potential configuration problems. If your LAN goes
to the internet through a cable or DSL modem you should have your primary
firewall at the router and, in that case, XP's built in firewall is
sufficient on the local PC for inter-LAN protection.
 
LAN problems, or having a NIC active with no LAN, are common 'large
delay' culprits as the system is waiting for something to time-out, such
as a DHCP request or some other LAN activity.

First thing is sever the internet connection (so you're not wide open to
attack) and turn off the firewalls to see if they're blocking something.

And to emphasize severing the internet connection, the delay could also
be a virus or trojan trying to 'phone home' but blocked by the firewall.

As a side note, two firewalls on the one PC is not only a waste but
needlessly complicates potential configuration problems. If your LAN
goes to the internet through a cable or DSL modem you should have your
primary firewall at the router and, in that case, XP's built in firewall
is sufficient on the local PC for inter-LAN protection.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. BTW, I am only running Kerio, not the XP firewall. Yes I am connected through internet using a DSL and a router. And there is a firewall setting on the router also, so Kerio might be a overkill.
DHCP hint by David was an excellant suggestion. I looked at system event log again, and found a warning (I saw that before but thought it was not important). The warning looks like this:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1003
Date: 4/10/2005
Time: 11:29:55 PM
User: N/A
Computer: ABCD
Description:
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000D87695DBA. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 79 00 00 00 y...


I am kind of sure about virus/trojan as NAV is regularly updated and I have regular schedule for ad-aware too.

I will test all the suggestions and report back.
Regards,
-Samik
 
If you ever have a problem with that again you can use BreakPoint to
tell you the status of your lan. It's made by Cenobix at
www.cenobix.com. You configure the tool anyway you want to match your
network.

NetMan
 
Samik said:
Hello,
I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 +
K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92
Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home.
The problem is that after I boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP
Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it
enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is
there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?

I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either. Any
pointers are appreciated.
Thanks.
-Samik
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I am far from being an expert on this, but I would download the .exe of
SP2 and burn it onto a CD. I would also find the free antivirus
programs at the microsoft site and put one or two of those on CD. Then
I would reformat and reinstall, apply SP2, install the AV program, and
get the XP firewall up, all before connecting to the internet.
 
LAN problems, or having a NIC active with no LAN, are common 'large
delay' culprits as the system is waiting for something to time-out, such
as a DHCP request or some other LAN activity.
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Ok, I have now confirmed that DHCP service is the culprit. I took off the LAN wire and the computer booted superfast.
Now I am not sure how to resolve the issue of 'DHCP timeout'. I am starting another thread with this problem. Hope to get some help there.
Thanks again guys.
-Samik
 
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