Re: PC slow to boot since installing wireless NW card

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Mike, try a different PCI slot.
"Mike Hyndman" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've had to install a wireless network card to my desktop PC to allow
> connection to my wireless router and what used to take less than a
> minute can take up to five minutes to allow me to work. First it takes a
> couple of minutes showing the Windows XP screen which eventually goes
> black and then the log on screen finally appears into which I type my
> password and there is another delay whilst the password field catches up
> with the keyboard. When my desktop finally appears, (up to two minutes
> later) the icons then take about a minute to show themselves, crawling
> slowly into view. I have installed the latest drivers for this card from
> the manufacturers web site without improvement. I have tried to start it
> in safe mode and time the files as they are loading and it seems that
> Mup.sys (is this file necessary, something to do with Novell servers?)
> could have a bearing on the problem as it refuse to load or seems so as
> I get fed up and reboot the system.
> Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated
>
> Mike H


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