Too much time in welcome screen

On 4/10/2005 2:31 PM, JAD wrote:
 > most of the time its piece of hardware and its unsigned driver or the
 > antivirus auto protect loading up. Are you on a LAN? do you have high
 > security settings in your firewall?
 >
I have Kerio Personal Firewall. I am using it on my laptop also, w/o any such delay. I am on LAN. Is there any implication for that?
Is there any way to find out which hardware is the offending piece, or if it is the Norton AV?
Thanks for replying.
-Samik<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

when you have a LAN + XP + XP's firewall + your own firewall+ (IMO anything
norton) your settings for those things will affect your boot time.

The infamous spywares / browser hijackers can cause problems.

Check the events log for something that may not be loading.

"Samik Raychaudhuri" <samik.DeleteThis@frKKshKll.org> wrote in message
news:d3c7qe$h6i$1@news.doit.wisc.edu...
 > On 4/10/2005 2:31 PM, JAD wrote:
  >> most of the time its piece of hardware and its unsigned driver or the
  >> antivirus auto protect loading up. Are you on a LAN? do you have high
  >> security settings in your firewall?
  >>
 > I have Kerio Personal Firewall. I am using it on my laptop also, w/o any
 > such delay. I am on LAN. Is there any implication for that?
 > Is there any way to find out which hardware is the offending piece, or if
 > it is the Norton AV?
 > Thanks for replying.
 > -Samik<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

Samik Raychaudhuri wrote:

 > On 4/10/2005 2:31 PM, JAD wrote:
 >
  >> most of the time its piece of hardware and its unsigned driver or the
  >> antivirus auto protect loading up. Are you on a LAN? do you have high
  >> security settings in your firewall?
  >>
 > I have Kerio Personal Firewall. I am using it on my laptop also, w/o any
 > such delay. I am on LAN. Is there any implication for that?
 > Is there any way to find out which hardware is the offending piece, or
 > if it is the Norton AV?
 > Thanks for replying.
 > -Samik

LAN problems, or having a NIC active with no LAN, are common 'large delay'
culprits as the system is waiting for something to time-out, such as a DHCP
request or some other LAN activity.

First thing is sever the internet connection (so you're not wide open to
attack) and turn off the firewalls to see if they're blocking something.

And to emphasize severing the internet connection, the delay could also be
a virus or trojan trying to 'phone home' but blocked by the firewall.

As a side note, two firewalls on the one PC is not only a waste but
needlessly complicates potential configuration problems. If your LAN goes
to the internet through a cable or DSL modem you should have your primary
firewall at the router and, in that case, XP's built in firewall is
sufficient on the local PC for inter-LAN protection.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:41:17 -0600 If I have seen farther it is
because I have stood on the shoulder of giants Samik Raychaudhuri
<samik RemoveThis @frKKshKll.org> wrote :

 >Hello,
 >I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 + K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92 Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home.
 >The problem is that after I boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?
 >
 >I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either. Any pointers are appreciated.
 >Thanks.
 >-Samik

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.greatis.com/security/bootlog.htm" target="_blank">http://www.greatis.com/security/bootlog.htm</a>

HTH



--
Free Windows/PC help,
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html</a>
remove obvious to reply
email pds RemoveThis @OBVIOUSpartybombe.de
Free original songs to download and,"BURN" :O)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm" target="_blank">http://www.soundclick.com/bands/8/nomessiahsmusic.htm</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

On 4/10/2005 6:50 PM, David Maynard wrote:

 > LAN problems, or having a NIC active with no LAN, are common 'large
 > delay' culprits as the system is waiting for something to time-out, such
 > as a DHCP request or some other LAN activity.
 >
 > First thing is sever the internet connection (so you're not wide open to
 > attack) and turn off the firewalls to see if they're blocking something.
 >
 > And to emphasize severing the internet connection, the delay could also
 > be a virus or trojan trying to 'phone home' but blocked by the firewall.
 >
 > As a side note, two firewalls on the one PC is not only a waste but
 > needlessly complicates potential configuration problems. If your LAN
 > goes to the internet through a cable or DSL modem you should have your
 > primary firewall at the router and, in that case, XP's built in firewall
 > is sufficient on the local PC for inter-LAN protection.
 >
Thanks for all the suggestions. BTW, I am only running Kerio, not the XP firewall. Yes I am connected through internet using a DSL and a router. And there is a firewall setting on the router also, so Kerio might be a overkill.
DHCP hint by David was an excellant suggestion. I looked at system event log again, and found a warning (I saw that before but thought it was not important). The warning looks like this:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1003
Date: 4/10/2005
Time: 11:29:55 PM
User: N/A
Computer: ABCD
Description:
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000D87695DBA. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp." target="_blank">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.</a>
Data:
0000: 79 00 00 00 y...


I am kind of sure about virus/trojan as NAV is regularly updated and I have regular schedule for ad-aware too.

I will test all the suggestions and report back.
Regards,
-Samik<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

If you ever have a problem with that again you can use BreakPoint to
tell you the status of your lan. It's made by Cenobix at
www.cenobix.com. You configure the tool anyway you want to match your
network.

NetMan
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

Samik Raychaudhuri wrote:
 > Hello,
 > I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 +
 > K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92
 > Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home.
 > The problem is that after I boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP
 > Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it
 > enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is
 > there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?
 >
 > I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either. Any
 > pointers are appreciated.
 > Thanks.
 > -Samik

I am far from being an expert on this, but I would download the .exe of
SP2 and burn it onto a CD. I would also find the free antivirus
programs at the microsoft site and put one or two of those on CD. Then
I would reformat and reinstall, apply SP2, install the AV program, and
get the XP firewall up, all before connecting to the internet.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

what you want is BootVIS. Its a tool written by Microsoft to analyze windows
startup times. See here for info (not to download):
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fastboot/bootvis.mspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fastboot/bootvis.mspx</a>

Do a google to download, its available all over the net.

Samik Raychaudhuri wrote:
 > Hello,
 > I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 +
 > K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92
 > Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home. The problem is that after I
 > boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP
 > Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it
 > enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is
 > there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?
 > I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either.
 > Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks.
 > -Samik<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

Hi all,

Rob is right, BootVis is great for optimizing boot performance. Do a trace /
reboot, and then "optimize system". Should speed up boot performance ...

Sem

"Rob" <rob RemoveThis @nospam.com> wrote in message
news:wEG6e.10891$hB6.3500@trnddc06...
 > what you want is BootVIS. Its a tool written by Microsoft to analyze
windows
 > startup times. See here for info (not to download):
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fastboot/bootvis.mspx</font" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/sysperf/fastboot/bootvis.mspx</font</a>>
 >
 > Do a google to download, its available all over the net.
 >
 > Samik Raychaudhuri wrote:
  > > Hello,
  > > I have built a PC on my own. The configuration is: AMD Sempron 2800 +
  > > K7VTA3 MB, 120GB HDD, 1GB RAM, FDD, CD-RW, DVD RW, 4MB AGP, V92
  > > Fax/Modem, Firewire card, Windows XP Home. The problem is that after I
  > > boot it, the computer is stuck in the XP
  > > Welcome screen for about 2 mins (I havn't put any password) before it
  > > enters inside. I don't have too many startup apps running either. Is
  > > there a way to find out why the computer is getting stuck?
  > > I have tried looking at Event Viewer, but there is no error either.
  > > Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks.
  > > -Samik
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen 

On 4/10/2005 6:50 PM, David Maynard wrote:
 >
 > LAN problems, or having a NIC active with no LAN, are common 'large
 > delay' culprits as the system is waiting for something to time-out, such
 > as a DHCP request or some other LAN activity.
 >
 >
Ok, I have now confirmed that DHCP service is the culprit. I took off the LAN wire and the computer booted superfast.
Now I am not sure how to resolve the issue of 'DHCP timeout'. I am starting another thread with this problem. Hope to get some help there.
Thanks again guys.
-Samik<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Too much time in welcome screen