Please help XP HOME problem

When XP starts it takes about 60seconds before I can run any programs. I know for a fact that it’s not the anti virus because it was doing this before I installed it. Any help would be great, this is a really annoying problem.

My machine is almost new specs below - It is a fresh install of xp. I had xp installed on this computer previously, (did not have any problems) but it was time for a format. The only difference between the two installations is that I didn't have the two IDE drives installed before. I thought it might be a problem with the Windows xp cd so I tryed with another cd but the same results.

Gigabyte GA-7VT600
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
2 X Veritech 256 PC3200
1 X SATA 36Gb
1 X 120Gb IDE
1 X 20Gb IDE
2 X CD drive
floppy
350W PSU

Any help would be great, this is really frustrating, especially when I go to shut down immeadiately after windwos starts, I have to wait for about 60secs before the pc gets the message to shut off.

Have you checked for viruses? Also what firewall are you using?

Which drive are you booting from?

The other drives wouldn't cause a slow down at all. hte proplem would be to which HDD you're booting from.

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Have you checked to see what processes are running on startup?

I'd also scan your computer for spyware using Ad-Aware

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1: AMD Athlon XP3200+ Barton/400 :: Gigabyte GA7NNXP - nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400, Socket A :: Sapphire Radeon 9600XT, 256MB DDR :: Corsair XMS Twin 1GB (512x2) DDR PC-3700 Dual Channel :: Samsung Spinpoint SATA 120GB :: Lite-On 52X32X52X16 Combo :: Thermaltake Highest Xaser III V2420U w/420W PSU

Also, what do you have in your startup key in your registry? Check out our Handy Tools section and look for HijackThis. Post the log here.

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Thanks for the help guys! With a little help I managed to locate the problem. I disabled “startup type” in: (Right click my computer) manage / services and applications / services / workstation. Which fixed the problem - However I don’t think I will be able to go onto a network with this setting disabled. So I put the setting back to Automatic. I thought if this is a network problem maybe its got something to do with my crossover cable being attached (As the network is not yet set up). Sure enough when I disconnected the crossover cable the problem is solved. In my mind I am thinking that the 60sec delay is the pc looking for a pc to network to & because the network is not set up it keeps searching before doing any other processes - (Just a theory please do correct me here). Does any one know if I have completely fixed the problem? I mean will I be able to hook up the network & not get the startup delay?

Ahh, you left out that part about the NIC and nothing to communicate with...

You are right, your NIC is set to look for a DHCP server, and it was doing that, eventually it will give up.

Once you have a router, or some other device, you won't have this issue.

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