slow startup with network connection enabled

Hi,

I recently set up a few computers (Win XP Home), on the
network switch (with adsl modem router).
It seems that the startup of the PCs slowed down
significantly - desktop icons doens't appear till a
minute later. I disabled the network connections and
rebooted, and the startup is back to normal.

I tried both dhcp enabled (modem router has dhcp
function) or fixed IP, and they are the same.
Any idea? Thanks

"Ong HK" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:310301c428e6$05c56c30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I recently set up a few computers (Win XP Home), on the
> network switch (with adsl modem router).
> It seems that the startup of the PCs slowed down
> significantly - desktop icons doens't appear till a
> minute later. I disabled the network connections and
> rebooted, and the startup is back to normal.
>
> I tried both dhcp enabled (modem router has dhcp
> function) or fixed IP, and they are the same.
> Any idea? Thanks
>

Been there - got the tee shirt - I 'fixed' this by assigning IP adresses to
the network cards - this stops them thrashing about trying to find a network
address on startup. Maybe not what you want though ....

PJ