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Windows98 startup

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merlin72

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Why does windows stall when starting up. It just sits there with no hard drive activity. I have to wait about 2-3 min. before anything happens. Is there a way to speed this up.
 
Well, I don't know your system, so if could give some more information, in might be helpful.

I have had this problem before when I had a 3-Com network card (3C-905B or 3C-905C to be specific), when it was not connected to a network. The system hangs for quite a while trying to initialize the network.

If you have a NIC in your system and are NOT connected to a network at this time, go into your device manager and disable the network card.

For a step by step:
Go into control panel and go to system
Choose the Device Manager tab.
Under Network adaptors, double click you network adaptor (not Dial-Up adaptor or AOL adaptor)
Check "Disable in all profiles" ( wording may vary depending on version).
Click Ok

If this is not your case, let me know what is in your system, and I might be able to provide more help.

Jeremy Hannon
Brainbench "Most Valuable Professional" for Computer Technicians
 
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