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very long boot.

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by tjordan4

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i have a 2000 server that takes almost 20 minutes before i can get a logon prompt.the machine sits at preparing network connection for 10 to 15 minutes. Is the any ideas? thanks for your help.

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by gt

We had a similar problem after we replaced some NIC drivers on a server. Had to boot into safe mode F8 (no network) and replace drivers. Or, if worse comes to worse you could try the recovery options on the W2K Server CD, ERD or replacing system files, this will resolve a lot of system driver issues and has saved me on a number of occassions.
Good Luck

by vh_s

You didn't include the specifications of your computer and network.

But, it could come due to a lot of harddisk swapping ( too less memory ), or busy server, or DHCP problem.

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by maiden71

Remove NIC cable and try to booting agin. If you have static DNS entries, this might cause slow boot also. Hope this helps,

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