I have about 8 computers out of 15 on my network that takes about 15 minutes to boot up, this started monday. This takes place before the log on screen to log onto the server. Any one have any ideas? The only thing I can think of is the hub is going bad, but this happening before the log on to the domain makes me think it is something on the workstation itself. They all run WIn2000.
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Slow bootup problems
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I would check and see if there is any hardware listed in the task manager that is not there any more, removing it. Or software that is not needed. Operating systems load the drivers for the hard ware and software that are to be used. This would slow the boot prcess. If you are starting programs at boot that are not needed or scanning for things then it would have to finish the scan before the boot process finishes.
Also run an ad-ware scan. There could be malware loading or trying to communicate in the background and slowing the boot.
Also run an ad-ware scan. There could be malware loading or trying to communicate in the background and slowing the boot.
tekuser999
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Good suggestions with missing hardware and spyware. Esp. the problem only start Monday, I'd also suspect spyware or virus.
If everything fails then the computer may be scanning for other computers while starting up. You might want to try the following which stops scanning for other computers on start up:
Open up the Registry and go to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Remote Computer/NameSpace
Under that branch, select the key :{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and export it to a file (just in case you want to reinstate it afterwards) and then delete it.
If everything fails then the computer may be scanning for other computers while starting up. You might want to try the following which stops scanning for other computers on start up:
Open up the Registry and go to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Remote Computer/NameSpace
Under that branch, select the key :{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} and export it to a file (just in case you want to reinstate it afterwards) and then delete it.
are you on a DC domain controller?
if yes do the following on each WS
in services, Administrator tools menu look up a service of Smart card controller and disable it,
try booting again.
N.B. you need to logon as an administrator to chnage this
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if yes do the following on each WS
in services, Administrator tools menu look up a service of Smart card controller and disable it,
try booting again.
N.B. you need to logon as an administrator to chnage this
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I scanned for Adware with Microsoft Antispyware program which was running on a couple of the machines already, didn't find anything. I tried the registry entry, no luck there either. Everything was fine until Monday morning, no virus's on the workstations either. Appreciate the suggestions, Still pointing to the Hub and plan to test with a laptop today that hasn't been on our system to see how that connects.
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