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Tray icon boot order - network icon taking ages to initialise
Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load
under Windows XP Home? I've just built a new high-spec PC which is otherwise working beautifully, but one oddity is that the network/internet connection takes ages to appear in the system tray (as much as a minute after the other icons). My previous PC and my laptopp both get internet connectivity up and running quite early in the boot sequence (all of them are connected to the same ethernet hub, which in turn has the cable modem attached). However, on my new machine, several tray applications (e.g. windows messanger) just sit around trying to connect until the network icon finally appears - one even times out and gives up on the net, and I have to manually connect it afterwards. Any thoughts on how to speed this up? Andre -- Andre Willey Address edited to avoid spam. Please remove the letters shown in CAPITALS from my quoted email address to contact me directly. Thanks! Visit http://www.cix.co.uk/~neverland/dlp/ for the Disneyland-Paris FAQ List. |
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Andre Willey wrote:
Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load under Windows XP Home? I've just built a new high-spec PC which is otherwise working beautifully, but one oddity is that the network/internet connection takes ages to appear in the system tray (as much as a minute after the other icons). My previous PC and my laptopp both get internet connectivity up and running quite early in the boot sequence (all of them are connected to the same ethernet hub, which in turn has the cable modem attached). However, on my new machine, several tray applications (e.g. windows messanger) just sit around trying to connect until the network icon finally appears - one even times out and gives up on the net, and I have to manually connect it afterwards. Any thoughts on how to speed this up? Andre It isn't the 'order' of things as XP will try to get an internet connection early just like the others but something is delaying it, probably causing it to wait for a timeout. Who is it supposed to get it's IP address from? |
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David Maynard wrote in
: Andre Willey wrote: Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load under Windows XP Home? I've just built a new high-spec PC which is otherwise working beautifully, but one oddity is that the network/internet connection takes ages to appear in the system tray (as much as a minute after the other icons). My previous PC and my laptopp both get internet connectivity up and running quite early in the boot sequence (all of them are connected to the same ethernet hub, which in turn has the cable modem attached). However, on my new machine, several tray applications (e.g. windows messanger) just sit around trying to connect until the network icon finally appears - one even times out and gives up on the net, and I have to manually connect it afterwards. Any thoughts on how to speed this up? Andre It isn't the 'order' of things as XP will try to get an internet connection early just like the others but something is delaying it, probably causing it to wait for a timeout. Yes, I thought net connection was an early task too - it certainly is on my WinXP laptop and another WinXP PC connected to the same Netgear 4-port ethernet hub/firewall. Who is it supposed to get it's IP address from? It's all set to automatic, just like the other PCs are. I've checked and the internet connection setting are identical. I've tried uninstalling the network driver and letting XP redetect it next time, but no progress. I still get a very a long delay after all the other tray icons have installed (several of which are waiting for their network connections) before a sudden burst of HD activity as several processes kick in - I can see stuff starting if I open the Windows Task Manager Processes tab. Then the Local Area Connection icon pops up in the systray and it connects fine. At the moment I guess the most serious side effect is that it stops Norton Anti-virus from enabling auto-protect mode, I have to do it manually via the systray icon (although it might activate on its own after a while when the net connection starts, not left it long enough yet). Kind Regards, Andre -- Andre Willey Address edited to avoid spam. Please remove the letters shown in CAPITALS from my quoted email address to contact me directly. Thanks! Visit http://www.cix.co.uk/~neverland/dlp/ for the Disneyland-Paris FAQ List. |
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"David Maynard" wrote in message ... Andre Willey wrote: Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load under Windows XP Home? I've just built a new high-spec PC which is otherwise working beautifully, but one oddity is that the network/internet connection takes ages to appear in the system tray (as much as a minute after the other icons). My previous PC and my laptopp both get internet connectivity up and running quite early in the boot sequence (all of them are connected to the same ethernet hub, which in turn has the cable modem attached). However, on my new machine, several tray applications (e.g. windows messanger) just sit around trying to connect until the network icon finally appears - one even times out and gives up on the net, and I have to manually connect it afterwards. Any thoughts on how to speed this up? Andre It isn't the 'order' of things as XP will try to get an internet connection early just like the others but something is delaying it, probably causing it to wait for a timeout. Who is it supposed to get it's IP address from? Check your Event Viewer for errors. Might show something. |
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"Andre Willey" wrote in message . .. David Maynard wrote in : Andre Willey wrote: Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load under Windows XP Home? I've just built a new high-spec PC which is otherwise working beautifully, but one oddity is that the network/internet connection takes ages to appear in the system tray (as much as a minute after the other icons). My previous PC and my laptopp both get internet connectivity up and running quite early in the boot sequence (all of them are connected to the same ethernet hub, which in turn has the cable modem attached). However, on my new machine, several tray applications (e.g. windows messanger) just sit around trying to connect until the network icon finally appears - one even times out and gives up on the net, and I have to manually connect it afterwards. Any thoughts on how to speed this up? Andre It isn't the 'order' of things as XP will try to get an internet connection early just like the others but something is delaying it, probably causing it to wait for a timeout. Yes, I thought net connection was an early task too - it certainly is on my WinXP laptop and another WinXP PC connected to the same Netgear 4-port ethernet hub/firewall. Who is it supposed to get it's IP address from? It's all set to automatic, just like the other PCs are. I've checked and the internet connection setting are identical. I've tried uninstalling the network driver and letting XP redetect it next time, but no progress. I still get a very a long delay after all the other tray icons have installed (several of which are waiting for their network connections) before a sudden burst of HD activity as several processes kick in - I can see stuff starting if I open the Windows Task Manager Processes tab. Then the Local Area Connection icon pops up in the systray and it connects fine. At the moment I guess the most serious side effect is that it stops Norton Anti-virus from enabling auto-protect mode, I have to do it manually via the systray icon (although it might activate on its own after a while when the net connection starts, not left it long enough yet). Kind Regards, Andre -- a few suggestions....... switch cables reroute cables away from electrical outlets power strips etc don't use LONG cables for a short distance check to see what port in the 'hub' that machine is on. (or did you mean router/or the 'router' is built into the modem?) most hubs have an uplink port that is shared with one of the 'normal' ports don't use the port next to the uplink Andre Willey Address edited to avoid spam. Please remove the letters shown in CAPITALS from my quoted email address to contact me directly. Thanks! Visit http://www.cix.co.uk/~neverland/dlp/ for the Disneyland-Paris FAQ List. |
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Andre Willey wrote:
David Maynard wrote in : Andre Willey wrote: Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load under Windows XP Home? I've just built a new high-spec PC which is otherwise working beautifully, but one oddity is that the network/internet connection takes ages to appear in the system tray (as much as a minute after the other icons). My previous PC and my laptopp both get internet connectivity up and running quite early in the boot sequence (all of them are connected to the same ethernet hub, which in turn has the cable modem attached). However, on my new machine, several tray applications (e.g. windows messanger) just sit around trying to connect until the network icon finally appears - one even times out and gives up on the net, and I have to manually connect it afterwards. Any thoughts on how to speed this up? Andre It isn't the 'order' of things as XP will try to get an internet connection early just like the others but something is delaying it, probably causing it to wait for a timeout. Yes, I thought net connection was an early task too - it certainly is on my WinXP laptop and another WinXP PC connected to the same Netgear 4-port ethernet hub/firewall. Are they XP Home too, or Pro? And is that Netgear a hub or a router? Who is it supposed to get it's IP address from? It's all set to automatic, just like the other PCs are. That doesn't answer where the IP is coming from, though, and maybe there is some reason why 2 work and 3 don't, as fast anyway. I've checked and the internet connection setting are identical. Which 'internet settings'? You mean the NIC port? What about the machine ID and domain/workgroup settings? You also haven't said which ISP. Is it trying to logon to the ISP with the same ID as the other machines? Do they allow three machines? I've tried uninstalling the network driver and letting XP redetect it next time, but no progress. I still get a very a long delay after all the other tray icons have installed (several of which are waiting for their network connections) before a sudden burst of HD activity as several processes kick in - I can see stuff starting if I open the Windows Task Manager Processes tab. Then the Local Area Connection icon pops up in the systray and it connects fine. At the moment I guess the most serious side effect is that it stops Norton Anti-virus from enabling auto-protect mode, I have to do it manually via the systray icon (although it might activate on its own after a while when the net connection starts, not left it long enough yet). Kind Regards, Andre |
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"Andre Willey" wrote...
Any suggestions as to how to reconfigure the order that tray icons load under Windows XP Home? The only control I know of is that those that are loaded from the Startup folders in the All Users and [current user] Documents & Settings shortcuts are done in alphabetical order. Try resetting the order of any affected programs by prefixing the shortcut names with 1, 2, ... I don't know about those programs invoked by the ...Run... Registry keys. |
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I have just found this post and i have the EXACTLY IN EVERYWAY same
problem as Andre Willey. i have windows XP Pro Service pack 2, and a P4 3.2 @ 4.0 GHZ (overclocked), and 1 gig of RAM and an X800XT Platinum edition graphics card. any help would be really appreciated. (By the way, all those solutions you said above are useless, none of them wil work. I have a wireless network connection, with BT Voyager router and PCI adaptor.) |
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does your wireless card require PCI 2.2 to operate correctly?
"LeeHunton" wrote in message ... I have just found this post and i have the EXACTLY IN EVERYWAY same problem as Andre Willey. i have windows XP Pro Service pack 2, and a P4 3.2 @ 4.0 GHZ (overclocked), and 1 gig of RAM and an X800XT Platinum edition graphics card. any help would be really appreciated. (By the way, all those solutions you said above are useless, none of them wil work. I have a wireless network connection, with BT Voyager router and PCI adaptor.) |
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it has everything to operate correctly, and still takes ages to load
up. i dont know why. all the other programs i have wotn start running properly until the network connection in the tray has fully initialised and the other few programs that initalise at the same time just after the network has, then my PC words 100% fine. but i need to know why it takes so long and try to fix it. |
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