Re: "Preparing Network Connections"

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In article <uS9v5cmSFHA.1096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Neil Rashbrook
<neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>This step has vanished from the startup sequence of a Dell laptop.
>Instead it skips straight from "Windows is starting up" to the logon
>screen (require Ctrl+Alt+Del is disabled), which unfortunately is
>unusable until the network connections have been prepared. Can anyone
>point me to some relevant documentation?
>
>TIA,
>Neil.

Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? To run it, click
Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | Administrative
Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427
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