Re: bootup troubleshooting

From: DC Gringo (dcgringo_at_visiontechnology.net)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:43:01 -0500

Brock,

In the Computer Management Services screen, is it listing as "WebDAV Client
Service"? If so, I don't have it even listed.

_____
DC G

"Brock Buss" <brock@bbuss.net> wrote in message
news:OmOdIoq7EHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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