Restore Network Connections at startup

[Matt Russell]

I've been sorting out my brother's "Studio" and he's got about 6 computers networked together, each with network storage assigned to drive letters, but when they all start up, they display the welcome screen for ages (atleast 30secs).

Hitting ALT+Tab shows that there are two processes running: "Windows Loon" and "Restore Network Connections". Hitting Enter imediately ends the wait.

I think the problem is caused by the unavailable network drives, and google has so far failed to find a working solution. Apparently similar problems are caused by making the storage available offline, but I can't find any options about that, and I have no desire for the drives to be available offline.

Any ideas to fix this problem?
Thanks,
Matt

 

[bledd]

in explorer

tools
folder options
view

scroll down to 'restore network connections at logon' and untick it

they'll still be mapped but will only try to search for it when you select the drive



-edit, also do this..

untick enable