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| 91469 | 2002-10-21 10:56:00 | I have a Pentium II 300 running win98. The boot sequence seems to go to sleep for over 2 minutes and then proceeds to open the desktop. Can anyone suggest a fix to make it boot in the usual way Thanks Gale |
gale (1481) | ||
| 91470 | 2002-10-21 11:03:00 | Check your system setup. It sounds like its wanting to log onto a network or looking for a DCHP server and timing out. Sorry I dont have Win 98 so cant tell you exactly where to look, but someone will surely do so. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 91471 | 2002-10-21 11:11:00 | Hmm . . time for another FAQ . . . click Start -> Run type: MSCONFIG You'll see a window pop open with some tabs . Click the one marked 'start-up' and then take the tick out of things you know you don't need . If you are not sure if you need something or not, try unticking it . If a piece of hardware stops working, or software that you want running stops loading then put the tick back . No harm in trying . Suggest you do try only one thing at a time to make troubleshooting easier . Also, theoretically, you do not need anything ticked at all . Next go to the 'autoexec . bat' tab and to the same there, but exercise caution . This is presuming that you run Scandisk and Disk Defrag regularly . If not, do that too, it may help . SiK |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 91472 | 2002-10-21 21:05:00 | Hi there do u have a network card installed that is probably the problem. I had the same problem as i sometimes hook my laptop to my desktop but since it's soooo occasionally i disable the network adapter in the system properties (just tick the box) and everything works a dream. Then when i need it again I just untick the box and reboot. Hope that's of some help |
XOtagoScarfie (1619) | ||
| 91473 | 2002-10-21 21:12:00 | Yea, have you got a network card. Try giving it an IP address or disable it in the device manager if you don't use it. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 91474 | 2002-10-22 04:05:00 | Thanks guys It was a built in network adapter. Disabling it gave the desired result. Gale |
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