Re: no help.. argh.. login pause..spacebar cures

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:28:42 -0800

Tom wrote:

> i have long 90 second pause to get to my desktop after signing in. I
> have posted this lots of places and even here and nobody including mvp
> can help me. I think i provide a lot of info in my posts and i am
> still having the
> problem. Bootvis only shows a long delay in networking. I have 2
> nic's. 1 is a shadow of my DSL modem and requires me to sign on to log
> on..blah.. the other is set static with a 10.10.xx.xx address range.
> The lan works flawlessly. I have no router, no firewall or anything.
> My real nic that is a shadow of my dsl connection uses the dynamic ip
> 169.xxx assigned from windows...
>
> i can reproduce this problem now 3 times after install of my home
> edition and for the life of my i don't know why i have this pause and
> when i press spacebar it instantly loads the desktop... i see others
> with similar problems but not the same i guess. so i am mr unique with
> a problem nobody has.. hmm.
>
> Help.
>
> My wife has a amd system and no pause.. same lan, same connection
> method to dsl service.
>
> p4-2ghz
> 768mb ram
> 150gb @ ata100
> dvd rom
> dvd rw
> audigy2
> ati9700
> windows xp home edition, all updated, nothing by clock
>
> i do run AVG www.grisoft.com and "have" used the internal firewall of
> XP.

Check the dns settings on your computer. The 169.xxx indicates that an
ip address is *not* being assigned, but that it is "backgrounding".

Malke 

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