Re: bootup troubleshooting

From: Brock Buss (brock_at_bbuss.net)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:58:57 -0700

DC Gringo wrote:
> I've got a lot boot process that hangs for it seems 5 minutes while running
> start-up scripts. The only way to get it to log right in quickly is to
> disable the workstation service, which obviously causes other problems.
>
> I'm running WinXP SP1 on a Win2k domain.
>
> I used bootvis.exe to log my boot process but it doesn't pinpoint what the
> exact hold up is. Only that 1.5 min is in shell exec stage and 5 minutes
> for Logon/services stage.
>
> How can I see what part of either the startup script or shell exec,
> logon/services are holding me up?
>
I've found that the webDAV client service sometimes causes this. No
idea what the service is for, but the machine I was working on took 600
seconds or more to boot past the logon + services (thanks bootvis!).
Once I disabled the webDAV service from starting it worked flawlessly.
Started up the service again, just as a troubleshooting practice, and
the machine was back to 600+ (10min.) boots.

Try disabling webDAV client service at startup. Maybe that'll help you.

-Brock

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