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W2K Boot Delay
When I boot my Windows 2000 system there's a 90 second delay after I enter Ctrl-Alt-Del and log in before the desktop icons appear. During this time the mouse pointer is alive but the screen is a solid color. Does anyone have an idea what Windows 2000 is doing during this time, and how I can eliminate the delay?
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Steva
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Steva
Have you installed SP2? There are a number of issues that can cause this and many are fixed with SP2.
There could be many reasons, especially if you have the system networked or you have a high speed connection such as DSL etc.
Dennis
Dennis
In addition to the above
Cleanup the startup stuff. In, NT or win2k,
Download the Startup COP a free pcmag utility from
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,77594,.html
Run it and it will show you everything that is listed in all the possible startup
places, and allow you to disable things one at a time until the problem is eliminated.
A lot of probelms are caused by excess old baggage - programs that have not been properly un-installed. Startup Cop will eliminate leftovers and un-wanted programs that you no longer want.
Older Antivirus programs and Norton Utilities have been known to cause problems
try disabling them also !
I hope this helps !
Cleanup the startup stuff. In, NT or win2k,
Download the Startup COP a free pcmag utility from
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,77594,.html
Run it and it will show you everything that is listed in all the possible startup
places, and allow you to disable things one at a time until the problem is eliminated.
A lot of probelms are caused by excess old baggage - programs that have not been properly un-installed. Startup Cop will eliminate leftovers and un-wanted programs that you no longer want.
Older Antivirus programs and Norton Utilities have been known to cause problems
try disabling them also !
I hope this helps !
ASKER
Hi guys,
Yes, I have SP2 installed.
I do have the system networked, but it's only back-to-back to another W2K machine, and the "Setting up networking" message comes and goes long before I log in and this delay starts.
I downloaded and installed Startup COP, but it doesn'tseem to do anything. I see exactly the same delay, with no messages from Startup COP that help me. I notice in the Readme for Startup COP that it doesn't say it works with W2K.
Any more ideas?
Steva
Yes, I have SP2 installed.
I do have the system networked, but it's only back-to-back to another W2K machine, and the "Setting up networking" message comes and goes long before I log in and this delay starts.
I downloaded and installed Startup COP, but it doesn'tseem to do anything. I see exactly the same delay, with no messages from Startup COP that help me. I notice in the Readme for Startup COP that it doesn't say it works with W2K.
Any more ideas?
Steva
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Problem solved! The event logs showed that QoS Packet Scheduler service was timing out because Active Directory wasn't configured properly. I don't care about this service. It got added in as an oversight when I added Network Monitor. Uninstalling it solved the problem.
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Steva
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Steva