Re: DHCP causing start lag XP?

'mooky' wrote:
| what directions would that be? I read a lot of sites that had that
| problem...microsoft says update the BIOS..I have an older pc and no
| updates for my BIOS...looked into BIOS updates months ago...I still
| never found out if anyone found an actual solution that worked
| really...this is causing my pc to freeze and I have to push the power
| button to reboot...I am sure this is also causing my start lag as
| well...
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This line in your post: | > | Please contact your system vendor for
technical assistance.

And have you read my reply to your just previous thread?

Phil Weldon

"mooky" <mooky9669@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1184467635.078931.143950@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| On Jul 14, 9:33 pm, "Phil Weldon" <not.disclo...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > 'mooky' posted, well, a lot of messages - the last being:
| > | sorry to post again so fast, but checked event viewer and got this
| > | AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
| > | (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This
| > | could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor
| > | for technical assistance.
| > _____
| >
| > Well, did you follow the directions?
| > It is important to take an organized approach to solving computer
related
| > problems. Measure twice, cut once.
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| > "mooky" <mooky9...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >
| > news:1184455390.522245.124320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | On Jul 14, 6:21 pm, mooky <mooky9...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > | > On Jul 14, 6:18 pm, mooky <mooky9...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > > On Jul 14, 5:54 pm, mooky <mooky9...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > | >
| > | > > > I recently had trouble with my cable internet and replaced my
| > | > > > modem...then the network operations had to force my modem to
work
| > | > > > probably because of some update...anyway, since then, my XP
startup
| > | > > > has been lagging and I read online it's probably due to
connecting
| > to
| > | > > > the network using DHCP...how can I correct this? I even did the
| > | > > > spyware removal and disabled startup items I didn't need, etc.
Hope
| > | > > > someone can help me out here..shutdown is great as before, but
| > startup
| > | > > > lags when icons appear and then can't do anything for over a
min.
| > | >
| > | > > another thing that I have just noticed is that I ear a popping
sound
| > | > > after XP loads..it's the sound you hear when say a pop up balloon
| > | > > would appear, but I have the balloon tips disabled...maybe
whatever
| > | > > that sound means, might have something to do with my start
lag..when
| > | > > it happes the taskbar pops up as well and then I move off of it
then
| > | > > it goes back to autohide.
| > | >
| > | > just did a sound check in my audio and sound devices...the popping
| > | > balloon sound was linked to system notification servies. I don't see
| > | > any error pop up though...gonna google some more and hope that
someone
| > | > can help me out.
| > |
| > | sorry to post again so fast, but checked event viewer and got this
| > | AMLI: ACPI BIOS is attempting to read from an illegal IO port address
| > | (0xcfc), which lies in the 0xcf8 - 0xcff protected address range. This
| > | could lead to system instability. Please contact your system vendor
| > | for technical assistance.
| > |
|
| what directions would that be? I read a lot of sites that had that
| problem...microsoft says update the BIOS..I have an older pc and no
| updates for my BIOS...looked into BIOS updates months ago...I still
| never found out if anyone found an actual solution that worked
| really...this is causing my pc to freeze and I have to push the power
| button to reboot...I am sure this is also causing my start lag as
| well...
|


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