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Slow connectiing to network after computer reboots
Hello I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my $2800.00 laptop takes forever to connect to the network stuff after the computer starts up. It takes approx 3 mins or so. The little computer icons have a red x for about 3 mins then they finally come alive. I am running windows vista ultimate,
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name TIM-PC
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Inspiron 1720
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz, 2401 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A09, 7/11/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
User Name Tim-PC\Tim
Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.50 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.56 GB
Total Virtual Memory 7.22 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.28 GB
Page File Space 3.79 GB
Anyone have any ideas or had a similar problem that has been resolved? Please help if you would be so kind
Tim
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January 16th, 2009 10:00
Microsoft Vista by design consumes a lot of computer resources which in turn slows performance. Also, software firewalls can add time to initial startup perfomance because of file scanning for viruses. It takes approx. 5 minutes for my computer running Vista to time-in on my network and it has a quadcore processor in it. Best thing I could suggest is keep your internet file storage to a minimum with regular disk checks and defragmentation for speedier performance.
Also, the more data and programs that you have stored and running on startup degrades overall system performance at startup. Review your msconfig file and see how many programs are enabled at startup.