BIG delay for LAN to start . . .

khushy · 13 Apr 2009 at 11:16

all of sudden the LAN on my PC takes about 40 seconds to start when windows commences AND I am having shut down problems.

They (these tow problems) started all at the same time.

Have had this problem before - reinstalled windows (which I dont really want to do again) which cured the problem - what could it be?

khushy

ASUS Max Ext
P6850 extreme
4Gb DDR3 RAM
Windows XP Pro

KingZeddy · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:59

Check what processes are running in the background that may be delaying start and shutdown

StephenLawUK · 13 Apr 2009 at 17:27

start > run type msconfig and hit enter then disable services and startup programs you dont need as they could be causing conflicts.

you could also try registry tweaks, although if you mess up your registry then your windows may not work so dont edit stuff without knowing what it does.

start > run type 'regedit' hit enter and navigate to ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\’
Highlight the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
Set it to ‘1000′.
Now highlight the ‘HungAppTimeout’ value
Set it to ‘1000′ also.
Highlight the value ‘AutoEndTasks.’
Change the value to ‘1′

then navigate to
‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\’
Highlight the value ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’
Change this value to ‘1000.’

i use ccleaner which is a registry cleaner to check for errors which could be causing problems.

brainchylde · 13 Apr 2009 at 21:28

Try giving yourself a static IP. DHCP can cause this sort of delay.

khushy · 13 Apr 2009 at 22:23

brainchylde said:
Try giving yourself a static IP. DHCP can cause this sort of delay.

Hi

Already have a staic IP and it the LAN that actually doesnt start (the little icon doesnt appear for about 40 seconds in the task bar)

hmmmmmmmmm

khushy

SinaiSound · 13 Apr 2009 at 22:43

Have you got the latest driver for the NIC?

khushy · 14 Apr 2009 at 07:42

Hefner said:
Have you got the latest driver for the NIC?

yes I believe so - have just checked again!

But why would it go from working correctly - starts at start up - to being delayed by about 40 seconds for no apparrant reason.

PS - have tried the reg mods as suggested above - no difference!

Khushy

NathanE · 14 Apr 2009 at 09:35

Disable any unneeded network adapters. Firewire for instance is a common cause of this issue.

FrenchTart · 14 Apr 2009 at 10:06

Steam loading on startup has been the cause of this for me in the past too.

Sp00n · 14 Apr 2009 at 11:04

Checked the event viewer for failing, timing out services?

khushy · 14 Apr 2009 at 13:42

cheers guys

thanks for the info - think I have sussed it - its a HP Device Discovery process thats making it all HANG!

Anyway - how do I permanently delete the HP files as they are not in the add/remove programs folder anymore.

Can I properly alter the MSCONFIG file?

When I disable this HP service - windows loads - LAN on - no worries apart from all the error messages.

Khushy