problem solved

[kenny-knight]

I fixed by giving an IP address to the NIC card... now there is no
stalling....

problem solved


"kenny-knight" > wrote in message
...
> Slow startup
>
> This has been happening for a long time and even after formating I had the
> same result. When XP starts some programs are loaded then the computer
> freezes as if its trying to start something... it stalles a few minutes
and
> then the rest of the programs (startup programs I mean) start. There is
> something that stalls XP.
> ITs not spyware, its not some strange program in the startup.
> To me it seems like it has to do with some service or perhaps something to
> do with the network cards because when I go to the network connections
while
> XP is stalling I do not see any connections in there... after the stall
they
> emerge.
> I read someware that this may happen when I have to IP address on a NIC
> card. Is this the situation?
>
> Thanks
>
>

[Pandaba]

Hi Kenny-Knight, I got similar problem, would you please tell me how can I give an IP address to the NIC? I simply got the NIC installed but not using it at all...Thanks.

[Black Baptist]

=?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFiYQ==?= rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> Hi Kenny-Knight, I got similar problem, would you please tell me how can I
give an IP address to the NIC? I simply got the NIC installed but not using
it at all...Thanks.
>

Right click the nic select properties then goto the properties of tcp/ip put
an ip in there.