Each time I boot up Win2K, I have to wait for approav 5 minutes, during which a window displays "Applying security policy". There is no disk activity during this time and it seesm as though there is a time out because, after 5 mins, the system boots up. Any ideas ??

To significantly decreased the time it takes to receive the logon screen: 1. On your Windows 2000 computer, use Regedt32 to navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System. 2. On the Edit menu, Add Value name SynchronousMachineGroupPolicy and toggle the Data type to REG_DWORD. In the DWORD Editor, set the data value to 0. 3. On the Edit menu, Add Value name SynchronousUserGroupPolicy and toggle the Data type to REG_DWORD. In the DWORD Editor, set the data value to 0. 4. Shutdown and restart your computer.