Long Pause at Startup with LAN Connection Enables.

I have 2 Computers linked together, one running WIN98 and
the other running XP PRO. The network works fine, but i
have a problem on the XP machine when windows loads, the
desktop is loaded but i can't access the taskbar for about
2 minutes, when i hover over the start button etc i just
get the hourglass. After the 2 minute mark everything
works as normal. (It's as though windows is waiting for
something)

This has to be network related because when i disable the
network connection on the XP machine i don't have this
problem.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

In article <2121901c45a20$bb1056c0$a501280a@phx.gbl>, "Daz"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have 2 Computers linked together, one running WIN98 and
>the other running XP PRO. The network works fine, but i
>have a problem on the XP machine when windows loads, the
>desktop is loaded but i can't access the taskbar for about
>2 minutes, when i hover over the start button etc i just
>get the hourglass. After the 2 minute mark everything
>works as normal. (It's as though windows is waiting for
>something)
>
>This has to be network related because when i disable the
>network connection on the XP machine i don't have this
>problem.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Cheers.

How does the XP machine get its IP address? If it's configured to
obtain an IP address automatically and there's no DHCP server on the
network, there will be a delay at startup. If the network connection
gets an IP address of 169.254.x.x, that's what's happening.
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Hi Steve,

Thats sorted it, nice one. I manually assigned an ip, xp
no longer pauses at startup.

Thanks for your help.

Daz.
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <2121901c45a20$bb1056c0
$a501280a@phx.gbl>, "Daz"
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>I have 2 Computers linked together, one running WIN98
and
>>the other running XP PRO. The network works fine, but i
>>have a problem on the XP machine when windows loads, the
>>desktop is loaded but i can't access the taskbar for
about
>>2 minutes, when i hover over the start button etc i just
>>get the hourglass. After the 2 minute mark everything
>>works as normal. (It's as though windows is waiting for
>>something)
>>
>>This has to be network related because when i disable
the
>>network connection on the XP machine i don't have this
>>problem.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Cheers.
>
>How does the XP machine get its IP address? If it's
configured to
>obtain an IP address automatically and there's no DHCP
server on the
>network, there will be a delay at startup. If the
network connection
>gets an IP address of 169.254.x.x, that's what's
happening.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>.
>

Do you have any persistent drive connections to the Win98 machine?

"Daz" wrote:

> I have 2 Computers linked together, one running WIN98 and
> the other running XP PRO. The network works fine, but i
> have a problem on the XP machine when windows loads, the
> desktop is loaded but i can't access the taskbar for about
> 2 minutes, when i hover over the start button etc i just
> get the hourglass. After the 2 minute mark everything
> works as normal. (It's as though windows is waiting for
> something)
>
> This has to be network related because when i disable the
> network connection on the XP machine i don't have this
> problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers.
>