Guest Roxanne Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 I need some help. This is the situation. I have laptop on our domain and boot up the preparing networks connection sits for at least 3 minutes before going to applying computer settings and security policies. It takes even longer if the user has the network cable unplugged because it's searching for a network connection. All other systems on our domain are fine except for this one. I took the laptop off the domain and deleted the computer account and the preparing network connection zip through with ease (network cable plugged in or not plugged in). I created the computer account on the domain and rejoined the laptop and I still have the same problem. I have checked my event viewer and there are no errors indicating a problem. Any suggestions?
Guest R. McCarty Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: Preparing Network Connection Takes for ever. How many LACs ( Local Area Connections ) are present in Network Connections. XP remembers all NIC/LACs and it may be confused as to which LAC it is currently using. I'd also check the properties of the NIC itself ( Advanced ) and make sure the settings are correct such as Speed negotiation.... "Roxanne" <Roxanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6EFC9C1C-08E5-4E5A-9CDE-B953BA9F5B56@microsoft.com... >I need some help. This is the situation. I have laptop on our domain and > boot up the preparing networks connection sits for at least 3 minutes > before > going to applying computer settings and security policies. It takes even > longer if the user has the network cable unplugged because it's searching > for > a network connection. All other systems on our domain are fine except for > this one. > > I took the laptop off the domain and deleted the computer account and the > preparing network connection zip through with ease (network cable plugged > in > or not plugged in). I created the computer account on the domain and > rejoined > the laptop and I still have the same problem. > > I have checked my event viewer and there are no errors indicating a > problem. > Any suggestions?
Guest Roxanne Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: Preparing Network Connection Takes for ever. Hi R. McCarty, Laptop has a Wireless connection and LAC 2. It is has a LAC2 because I reinstalled the network card. I will check the nic itself. I did swap the hard drive out and put it in another known working laptop and it did the same thing which allowed me to rule on the nic card itself. "R. McCarty" wrote: > How many LACs ( Local Area Connections ) are present in Network > Connections. XP remembers all NIC/LACs and it may be confused > as to which LAC it is currently using. I'd also check the properties of > the NIC itself ( Advanced ) and make sure the settings are correct > such as Speed negotiation.... > > "Roxanne" <Roxanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6EFC9C1C-08E5-4E5A-9CDE-B953BA9F5B56@microsoft.com... > >I need some help. This is the situation. I have laptop on our domain and > > boot up the preparing networks connection sits for at least 3 minutes > > before > > going to applying computer settings and security policies. It takes even > > longer if the user has the network cable unplugged because it's searching > > for > > a network connection. All other systems on our domain are fine except for > > this one. > > > > I took the laptop off the domain and deleted the computer account and the > > preparing network connection zip through with ease (network cable plugged > > in > > or not plugged in). I created the computer account on the domain and > > rejoined > > the laptop and I still have the same problem. > > > > I have checked my event viewer and there are no errors indicating a > > problem. > > Any suggestions? > > >
Guest Kelly Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: Preparing Network Connection Takes for ever. Hi, Suggestion: When your computer is connected to a network, booting up Windows XP can take a long time. A big part of this time is taking up by updating the group policies. This tweak lets you log on before this process is finished. Because of this, booting up is much faster. Speedup Network Logon/Boot (Line 79) http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Manual Edit Start/Run/Regedit - navigate to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system In this key, look for the following values: SynchronousMachineGroupPolicy SynchronousUserGroupPolicy By default, these values don't exist. If you can't find them, create them as REG_DWORD values. Set both values to 0. -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Is it October already? "Roxanne" <Roxanne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6EFC9C1C-08E5-4E5A-9CDE-B953BA9F5B56@microsoft.com... >I need some help. This is the situation. I have laptop on our domain and > boot up the preparing networks connection sits for at least 3 minutes > before > going to applying computer settings and security policies. It takes even > longer if the user has the network cable unplugged because it's searching > for > a network connection. All other systems on our domain are fine except for > this one. > > I took the laptop off the domain and deleted the computer account and the > preparing network connection zip through with ease (network cable plugged > in > or not plugged in). I created the computer account on the domain and > rejoined > the laptop and I still have the same problem. > > I have checked my event viewer and there are no errors indicating a > problem. > Any suggestions?
Guest John John Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 Re: Preparing Network Connection Takes for ever. Roxanne wrote: > I need some help. This is the situation. I have laptop on our domain and > boot up the preparing networks connection sits for at least 3 minutes before > going to applying computer settings and security policies. It takes even > longer if the user has the network cable unplugged because it's searching for > a network connection. All other systems on our domain are fine except for > this one. > > I took the laptop off the domain and deleted the computer account and the > preparing network connection zip through with ease (network cable plugged in > or not plugged in). I created the computer account on the domain and rejoined > the laptop and I still have the same problem. > > I have checked my event viewer and there are no errors indicating a problem. > Any suggestions? In addition to the other replies that you have already received, you can enable Verbose Logon to see if you can pinpoint the problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325376/ If you think that the problem is related to the User Environment or GPO then you can enable User Environment logging: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221833 John
Guest Medeea Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 RE: Preparing Network Connection Takes for ever. Hi Roxanne, I have the same problem, did one of the solutions suggested here helped? Thank you in advance. Best regards maria_medeea "Roxanne" wrote: > I need some help. This is the situation. I have laptop on our domain and > boot up the preparing networks connection sits for at least 3 minutes before > going to applying computer settings and security policies. It takes even > longer if the user has the network cable unplugged because it's searching for > a network connection. All other systems on our domain are fine except for > this one. > > I took the laptop off the domain and deleted the computer account and the > preparing network connection zip through with ease (network cable plugged in > or not plugged in). I created the computer account on the domain and rejoined > the laptop and I still have the same problem. > > I have checked my event viewer and there are no errors indicating a problem. > Any suggestions?
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