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christa

When I switch my computer on, the Pentium Intel Logo stays
on the screen for about 5 min before I get connected to
Windows XP. After running through all the check's, I don;t
get the Welcome\screen from XP. I have done a Checkdisk
and defragmentation, succesfully with no problems. The
virusscan is also OK.
Please help!!!
 
When I switch my computer on, the Pentium Intel Logo stays
on the screen for about 5 min before I get connected to
Windows XP. After running through all the check's, I don;t
get the Welcome\screen from XP. I have done a Checkdisk
and defragmentation, succesfully with no problems. The
virusscan is also OK.
Please help!!!
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Christa,

One thing comes to mind. Any chance your network is setup to "Obtain
an IP address automatically", and you don't have a DHCP server on your
network? I've seen cases where it takes many minutes for the computer
to startup under those conditions - the computer sits waiting for a
DHCP server to respond with an address for it.

Check your Event Log - Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Event
Viewer - to see if the system is logging anything during startup.

If no joy from those suggestions, consider a spyware scan. Do you
have updated spyware protection too? I'd sooner drive my car without
brakes than not have both. Get Spybot S&D and HijackThis, with help
from SWI Forums (free). Start here:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=5187

Cheers,

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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