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windsurfing_stew
Hi Group,
I have a strange issue. I've installed the Windows XP SP2 dvd on a
clean hard drive. I've installed a number of pieces of software
including Office 2003, Visual Studio 2005, Virtual PC, SQL Dev Edn
2005.
Consider the following. I start my computer and I get to the login
screen. I give it some time to ensure all of the necessary services
have started. Then when I login (even when stand alone) I find it
takes about a minute to get a task bar and hence operatable screen.
Now I've used msconfig to systematically turn off start up items and
services until I found the culprit. Basically when I disable the
Workstation Service my machine logs in and is usable straight away.
When enabled it hangs for a minute.
Now services generally fire up before login so my theory is that it is
something that depends on workstation that is causing this hang. If
after booting I manually stop and start the workstation service I find
it takes only 5-10 seconds to start and 1-2 seconds to stop.
Addtionally I have installed a MS hotfix to fix a bug in Virtual PC
2004 at SP1. Details at the following address. But I doubt this is
related.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;899525&sd=rss&spid=2957
So, why does enabling the workstation service slow my machine's startup
so much and how do I fix it?
Regards,
Stewart
I have a strange issue. I've installed the Windows XP SP2 dvd on a
clean hard drive. I've installed a number of pieces of software
including Office 2003, Visual Studio 2005, Virtual PC, SQL Dev Edn
2005.
Consider the following. I start my computer and I get to the login
screen. I give it some time to ensure all of the necessary services
have started. Then when I login (even when stand alone) I find it
takes about a minute to get a task bar and hence operatable screen.
Now I've used msconfig to systematically turn off start up items and
services until I found the culprit. Basically when I disable the
Workstation Service my machine logs in and is usable straight away.
When enabled it hangs for a minute.
Now services generally fire up before login so my theory is that it is
something that depends on workstation that is causing this hang. If
after booting I manually stop and start the workstation service I find
it takes only 5-10 seconds to start and 1-2 seconds to stop.
Addtionally I have installed a MS hotfix to fix a bug in Virtual PC
2004 at SP1. Details at the following address. But I doubt this is
related.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;899525&sd=rss&spid=2957
So, why does enabling the workstation service slow my machine's startup
so much and how do I fix it?
Regards,
Stewart