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Thread ID: 33962 2003-05-31 03:13:00 Windows 98se Slow at booting after installing dse network card Brad H (738) Press F1
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148750 2003-05-31 03:13:00 I have just installed a dse pci card 10/100Mbps WOL V2 network card into my computer running win 98se 750mhz amd athlon, 256mb ram. And now the computer takes about 1-1.5mins longer on the windows boot screen. Is there anyway I can get this to boot faster. The network card is working fine. The only use of the network card is to use a cross-over cable to transfer files between a laptop and the home computer (which is the one booting slowly). Would it boot faster if I went into device manager and disable the device when not in use? Brad H (738)
148751 2003-05-31 06:03:00 what have you set the IP address to??

if you dont set an IP address then the system will look for a DHCP server and keep looking for about 1 minute.

if you set the IP address by hand then the system should boot about as fast as it did beofere you put in the card.
robsonde (120)
148752 2003-05-31 08:04:00 Thanks, I will try it when mom gets off. Brad H (738)
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