Vista : Slow Bootup @ Wireless Connection

Littlenose · 14 Jul 2008 at 18:31

I've a hp dual core laptop running vista business, and during the boot up sequence it pauses for 20-30 seconds while what appears to be the wireless connection sorts itself out.

There is no hard disc activity, and the sidebar loads shortly afterwards too...

does anyone know why this is and if there are any nice easy fixes?

NorthstaNder · 14 Jul 2008 at 19:05

how much ram? my laptop boots a lot quicker since increasing the ram to 2gb.

SimonC · 14 Jul 2008 at 19:42

is there a switch for the wirelss what happens when you switch the wifi of then boot?

So it pauses when it gets to the desktop?

Littlenose · 14 Jul 2008 at 20:14

ram is 2 gb... i'll try the reboot just now... back in a moment

Littlenose · 14 Jul 2008 at 20:19

there's a pause still when booting without wireless enabled... so that rules that one out... not i am confused.

yes, it pauses when it gets to the desktop

kmufc77 · 14 Jul 2008 at 20:32

i have a laptop running vista with 2GB of ram and my wireless connection takes about 20-30 seconds to get a connection, i mean does 20 seconds really makes much difference while you wait for your desktop/ taskbar to refresh when booting up?

Littlenose · 14 Jul 2008 at 20:48

lol, no it doesn't make that much difference in the big scheme of things, but it's one of those things that niggles sometimes... you know, like getting that extra 0.1MHz out of a chip, just because you think it should

SimonC · 14 Jul 2008 at 21:32

have you got loads of crap installed, have you looked in msconfig to see what runs at startup?

Perhaps try some of these. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

I done a few of them in a vm and nothing bad happened.