Startup slow, RPCSS takes 2 minutes

Thanks, Gerry. I'm sure that article is helpful -- it's so comprehensive,
though, that it seems like way more than I need to know or can absorb right
now. I do believe that error has to do with the VPN connection I make later
on in my work, and I checked with the server folks on it and they said it's
nothign to worry about.

So I'm stumped as to why I have the long delay between the splash screen and
logon prompt. The only other suggestion I got was to defrag the hard drive in
case the issue is simply the scramble by Windows to find all the files it's
looking for to start up. I'm skeptical, but will do this later in the day
when I can afford to be away from the machine for a while. New hard drive
with new installations of everything and only 40 Gb out of 140 Gb being used.
I'm skeptical it will make a difference, but I'm trying everything at this
point.

thanks,
Luann

Thanks, Gerry. I'm sure that article is helpful -- it's so comprehensive,
though, that it seems like way more than I need to know or can absorb right
now. I do believe that error has to do with the VPN connection I make later
on in my work, and I checked with the server folks on it and they said it's
nothign to worry about.

So I'm stumped as to why I have the long delay between the splash screen and
logon prompt. The only other suggestion I got was to defrag the hard drive in
case the issue is simply the scramble by Windows to find all the files it's
looking for to start up. I'm skeptical, but will do this later in the day
when I can afford to be away from the machine for a while. New hard drive
with new installations of everything and only 40 Gb out of 140 Gb being used.
I'm skeptical it will make a difference, but I'm trying everything at this
point.

thanks,
Luann

Luann

My advice is still that you need to eliminate the error message and the
error report is telling you what you need to do.
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?e...DCOM &phase=1

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LuannV wrote:
Thanks, Gerry. I'm sure that article is helpful -- it's so
comprehensive, though, that it seems like way more than I need to
know or can absorb right now. I do believe that error has to do with
the VPN connection I make later on in my work, and I checked with the
server folks on it and they said it's nothign to worry about.

So I'm stumped as to why I have the long delay between the splash
screen and logon prompt. The only other suggestion I got was to
defrag the hard drive in case the issue is simply the scramble by
Windows to find all the files it's looking for to start up. I'm
skeptical, but will do this later in the day when I can afford to be
away from the machine for a while. New hard drive with new
installations of everything and only 40 Gb out of 140 Gb being used.
I'm skeptical it will make a difference, but I'm trying everything at
this point.

thanks,
Luann

Luann

My advice is still that you need to eliminate the error message and the
error report is telling you what you need to do.
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?e...DCOM &phase=1

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LuannV wrote:
Thanks, Gerry. I'm sure that article is helpful -- it's so
comprehensive, though, that it seems like way more than I need to
know or can absorb right now. I do believe that error has to do with
the VPN connection I make later on in my work, and I checked with the
server folks on it and they said it's nothign to worry about.

So I'm stumped as to why I have the long delay between the splash
screen and logon prompt. The only other suggestion I got was to
defrag the hard drive in case the issue is simply the scramble by
Windows to find all the files it's looking for to start up. I'm
skeptical, but will do this later in the day when I can afford to be
away from the machine for a while. New hard drive with new
installations of everything and only 40 Gb out of 140 Gb being used.
I'm skeptical it will make a difference, but I'm trying everything at
this point.

thanks,
Luann

Thanks, I added NETWORK as a user with the same permissions as the others to
netman and Network Provisioniong Serice in DCOM Config. Unfortunately, I've
had a process running for several hours on my machine which I cannot
interrupt to restart and see if I have improvement, but will do so as soon as
I can.

As an aside, when I attempt to open DCOM Config in Component Services, I get
several warnings about some CLSIDs having a named value AppID but not
recorded under \\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppId, and asking if I wish to record it.
I say Yes to each one, then the next time I open Component Services, I get
the same prompts again. Yet another thing to resolve...

thanks,
Luann

Thanks, I added NETWORK as a user with the same permissions as the others to
netman and Network Provisioniong Serice in DCOM Config. Unfortunately, I've
had a process running for several hours on my machine which I cannot
interrupt to restart and see if I have improvement, but will do so as soon as
I can.

As an aside, when I attempt to open DCOM Config in Component Services, I get
several warnings about some CLSIDs having a named value AppID but not
recorded under \\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppId, and asking if I wish to record it.
I say Yes to each one, then the next time I open Component Services, I get
the same prompts again. Yet another thing to resolve...

thanks,
Luann

My latest reboot had the same result -- so far nothing I've tried has reduced
the startup time.


Luann

My latest reboot had the same result -- so far nothing I've tried has reduced
the startup time.


Luann

Luann

Are you still seeing this message "When it gets past the splash screen and
shows "RPCSS is starting", it sits with that message for 2 minutes before
going on to the logon."

Are you still getting the DCOM error in Event Viewer?

. Power On Self Test (POST) processing

. Initial startup process

. Boot loader process

. Selecting the operating system

. Detecting hardware

. Selecting a configuration

. Loading the Kernel

. Initializing the Kernel

. Logging on



Which completes immediately before the delay?

What is the Boot Menu Delay. Select, Start, Run, type "msconfig" without
quotes and hit ENTER. Select Boot Ini tab and reduce Time Out. Click on
Apply and OK and restart the computer for the change to take effect. A
setting of 5-10 seconds is reasonable.

Have you tried a logged boot?
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315222

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



LuannV wrote:
My latest reboot had the same result -- so far nothing I've tried has
reduced the startup time.


Luann

Luann

Are you still seeing this message "When it gets past the splash screen and
shows "RPCSS is starting", it sits with that message for 2 minutes before
going on to the logon."

Are you still getting the DCOM error in Event Viewer?

. Power On Self Test (POST) processing

. Initial startup process

. Boot loader process

. Selecting the operating system

. Detecting hardware

. Selecting a configuration

. Loading the Kernel

. Initializing the Kernel

. Logging on



Which completes immediately before the delay?

What is the Boot Menu Delay. Select, Start, Run, type "msconfig" without
quotes and hit ENTER. Select Boot Ini tab and reduce Time Out. Click on
Apply and OK and restart the computer for the change to take effect. A
setting of 5-10 seconds is reasonable.

Have you tried a logged boot?
A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;315222

--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



LuannV wrote:
My latest reboot had the same result -- so far nothing I've tried has
reduced the startup time.


Luann

I finally had time to get back to this! While troubleshooting an issue with a
USB device today, I found that there was an error in Device Manager which
required an updated USB hub driver to be installed. Once I did that, the
restart issue seems to have resolved itself.

Thanks so much for your help!

Luann

I finally had time to get back to this! While troubleshooting an issue with a
USB device today, I found that there was an error in Device Manager which
required an updated USB hub driver to be installed. Once I did that, the
restart issue seems to have resolved itself.

Thanks so much for your help!

Luann

Luann

Glad it's sorted. Thanks for reporting the outcome.


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LuannV wrote:
I finally had time to get back to this! While troubleshooting an
issue with a USB device today, I found that there was an error in
Device Manager which required an updated USB hub driver to be
installed. Once I did that, the restart issue seems to have resolved
itself.

Thanks so much for your help!

Luann

Luann

Glad it's sorted. Thanks for reporting the outcome.


--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LuannV wrote:
I finally had time to get back to this! While troubleshooting an
issue with a USB device today, I found that there was an error in
Device Manager which required an updated USB hub driver to be
installed. Once I did that, the restart issue seems to have resolved
itself.

Thanks so much for your help!

Luann