Windows Loading Delay

[RudeBoie]

For some reason, I had this problem crop up on me within the last few hrs.

When I log into Windows, the system seems to be on pause (it loads up the desktop fine) for at least a minute or two before it suddenly loads up all the startup things.

It's basically like seeing the system let you log in, and then the system takes a break for a minute or two and then begins to work. Nothing's going on. No HD activity, no CPU activity.

It's not a defrag issue, or a spyware thing, or a virus- I've checked on all of those things.

I used system restore to go back a few days and I've made sure to remove anything that I've installed within the last few days as well.

I've looked in the evnt viewer and I'm not sure what the problem is. Nothing seems to jump out.

Is there some setting that I may triggered it to caus a delay?

Any ideas?

 

[Safeway]

I know exactly what it is, but I forgot exactly how to fix it. This happened to me when I installed my onboard ethernet drivers. They delay also occured in Win98. It has something to do with the fact that WinXP defaults to look up the local IP address. That is great if you are on a LAN and have a router assigned address - it only causes minor slowdown. If you are like me however, there is no router to send an IP, so WinXP just waits. You have to go into your internet connection properties, uncheck find IP automatically, and type in a local address. Once I get home, I will reply to the thread again. This fixed my problem immediately.

 

[RudeBoie]

Thanks!

I am on a LAN though- using wireless internet. I wonder if I should try reinstalling my wireless drivers for now and see if that helps.

 

[imported_Pipeline]

It could be related to your IP addressing.

If your PC is setup for "DHCP" then your computer will experience a delay while it contacts a DHCP-server (in this case, your router) for an available IP address. The router finds an available IP address, then sends it to your PC. Once your PC is configured with the new address, startup continues.

To avoid the delay, you can statically-assign an IP address to your PC. That way, the PC already knows which address to use and doesn't have to search the network for a DHCP server, then wait for an assigned address.