Win 98 lethargic boot up

The stall sounds like a NIC driver and/or client problem. Make sure you have the latest driver. Alot of times if your using the embeded NIC on the Deskpro 4000, the driver hangs is there is a problem. You should download the lastest SoftPaq from Compaq for the NIC. Also make sure that you have all the unused protocols removed (ie IPX if your on an NT Network)
I have sometimes just put in a NIC in the PCI slot and disabled the on board NIC.

Also check the config and autoexec for TSR that aretrying to load. I always check the System.INI as well, just to make sure no old 16 bit app driver is loading.

Boot to safe mode and go to device manager and delete all redundant hardware. When I find redundant hardware I remove "all" instances of that hardware and let windows set it up on the bootup. I have found that numerous redundant entries it will grossly slow down the boot.

Right click on "Network Neighbourhood" - and then select "Properties"...
Then - highlight "Client for MicroSoft Networks", and click the "Properties" tab...
Under "Network Logon Options", check that you have selected "Quick logon". If not, select it, and remember to select "OK" on each of the screens. You will need to restart your machine at that point.
As is indicated on that panel, this can significantly reduce your logon time, especially if there are a lot of "shares" to connect to.
Hope this helps :-)

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