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Booting Problem

Comment:

Hi, I have Windows XP with SP3. While booting its taking long time at "Preparing Network Coonnections" screen.

Name: johnr
Date: October 29, 2009 at 11:30:46 Pacific

Reply:

Is the machine part of a network or a standalone? The last time I saw behaviour like this on a standalone machine it was incorrect entries in the DNS server settings. Have you changed any network hardware recently? - how many network adapters are shown in your network connections?, do you have the remnants of an old one there? "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us..."

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