XP-Pro Slow Boot - traced to Network settings

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Hoping to find an elegant solution from you wizards out here. Latitude D600 Centrino, Intel 2100 wireless NIC, Broadcom wired NIC, Windows XP-Pro SP1, gobs of RAM I have been experiencing slow boot (3 minutes or so) on my Latitude D600 for some time.  Finally decided to spend time sorting it out once I determined it was my AV causing the issue. I have learned that having both NIC's enabled (antenna disabled on wireless NIC) and configured for DHCP can lead to the problem.   Setting fixed IP's leads to fast boots.  Disabling one (I tested with the wireless disabled) or the other (I assume) and tleaving the enabled NIC set as fixed or DHCP leads to fast boots. What is the elegant solution short of dragging the NIC 'connectoid' out of the Network Connections windows to the desktop as a shortcut and turning the connection on an off as needed?  I can do that with the wireless connectoid because I don't use wireless that frequently.  But that is not elegant.  I have the latest Broadcom driver installed (6.64.0.0) and I have the Intel (wireless) driver version 1.2.3.10 installed I believe there is a newer version for the Intel but the upgrade supposedly only adds Single Sign-On). Any thoughts?

tomintx · Answer

Can't say for sure, and wizard I'm not, but there have been a number of issues surrounding wireless and NIC's that SP2 may address to. In fact some of the latest drivers are specifically for SP2. Any reason you have not updated to SP2 yet? I resolved WiFi connectivity issue with the TM 1150, CPU loading shooting to 89% on attempting connection, by simply updating my XP Pro to SP2. SInce upgrading my mpci card to 802.11b/g with the Intel 2200 pro, found problems with it until I updated drivers which are for SP2 as well.

IT_Czar · Answer

I've having a similar issue- maybe a little different.  My Windows XP pro SP2 boots up fairly quickly.  However, after i login, it takes between one and three minutes before i have any network connectivity (on both LAN & Wifi).    I just reinstalled my D600 - XP SP2.  I installed all patches / updates as the Dell reinstall guide lays out.  I installed all drivers (except Intel Wireless 2100) and then installed Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise 8.0i.  Everything is fine until i installed the Intel wireless 2100 driver/app.  Now it takes a long time before I get any network connectivity.  I also see that it takes 1-3 min before virusscan enables itself.   Any ideas?

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