[zdotb]

I have a laptop with a built in network adapter, I believe intel 3945ABG wireless adapter. I use windows to manage my wifi because I don't like the intel pro set program. I recently am experiencing this problem. When I boot up my computer and log in to my account, it takes a good 2 or 3 minutes for the wireless icon to finnaly appear in the system tray. Until the, I can't use the internet. How can I make it start up right away when I turn on the laptop? It use to! This is becoming a real annoyance, espeically before school if I have to quickly send an email or something! Thanks!

[adman77]

Hi zdotb.

You should consider checking for viruses.
There has been many bad ones coming out in the past few weeks.

If you don't have a virus scan, try googling for this free trial one - SUPERAntiSpywar

Once you have all viruses removed, if it had found any, and you are still seeing that it takes some time for the wireless icon to finnally appear, you should look into what you have on your startup. Start>Programs>startup.
If you see something that does not look right, reply to this post with what you have on the list and I can look it up for you.

There is one more option to do, which would be going into the msconfig and go under startup to see what you have,but we can do that as your last resort.


Adman77

[ITstudent2006]

Well, If I were to guess it is because while you start the laptop it's got all of it's services and applications to start-up. These are done in order with the more important ones being first etc... the more services, processes and apps you need to load on startup the longer it'll take to get to the network connectivity portion.

I am unsure of your Operating System but you can edit these options in msconfig (unless your OS is 95 or 2000, which I doubt it)

You can Google how to use msconfig or ask back for help!

Hope This is Useful!

[zdotb]

Well, If I were to guess it is because while you start the laptop it's got all of it's services and applications to start-up. These are done in order with the more important ones being first etc......the more services, processes and apps you need to load on startup the longer it'll take to get to the network connectivity portion.

I am unsure of your Operating System but you can edit these options in msconfig (unless your OS is 95 or 2000, which I doubt it)

You can google how to use msconfig or ask back for help!

Hope This is Useful!

Thanks to both of you. I am running xp mce. I have no viruses, spyware, etc. I looked under my startup folder and its empty. On msconfig, I couldn't find wireless zero config. All I could find was my other wireless manager (intel prowireless, which I don't like). What is wirless zero config called (_____.exe) and how can I change its level of importance to start up first. Thanks again.

[ITstudent2006]

Well I wasn't implying for you to change the significance of your wirless setup. I was simply stating that when your PC has a lot of services and apps to run at startup then it will take longer for you to get your Laptop at a ready state. I was simply implying that you go into your start-up (which shouldn't be empty because you should have your AV, spyware etc... run on startup) and msconfig to get rid of unnecessary processes. Just look in your msconfig and copy and paste your results and we all can advise you on things you may not need at startup thus saving on your system resources!

[zdotb]

Okay here's what's in msconfig under the startup tab:

ehtray
igfxtray
hkcmd
igfxpers
SynTPEnh
stsystra
jusched
ccApp
osCheck
ZCfgSvc
ctfmon
Reader_sl
ctfmon
iFrmewrk
RoxWatchTray9

I took a screenshot of my startup thing (in the start menu) but I don't know how to add it. Either way, trust me, its empty. However, if I go in windows explorer and type "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Start Menu\Programs", and then put my cursor over Startup it says "84 bytes" if you understand what I'm trying to say :confused:
Thanks!

[adman77]

Hi again

I do agree with IT student as well.

To make it a bit more understanding for you, here is a link you can use.

There is many more out there, but the one I use a lot is this one below

What is ZCfgSvc.exe? ZCfgSvc.exe Task Manager Process Information

That ZCfgsvc.exe program is for a wireless.

I am not sure what you have exactly installed on your machine, but you can look up more process programs on that link.

Feel free to go through those so you can see exactly what they are for.

Several of them keep pointing to a PC tune up program or something similar you may have installed.
My opinion, I have never liked those softwares, for me they keep getting in my way and using up my cpu/memory when I need it the most.


To go more into detail on what's at start up, try this
Start>run> type in " msconfig " hit okay or enter key.
System config utility will come up, click on the "startup" tab
You may want to look through this list.You can uncheck the items that you don't want to be started up.
Look under the command and location column, you will see the path where this program is either pointing or leading too.


Let us know what you find our how it goes.

=)

[ITstudent2006]

Since your msconfig displays a bunch of servces with wachy names maybe it would be better to go into your MMC Console.

Go to RUN
Type services.msc
It will display all services on your PC and whether they're configured to start automatically on start-up or manually. The list displayed is more explanatory and easier to understand.

Display the list given in MMC.

( I am unsure if XP offers MMC) I have Vista and it works for me!

[chuckhole]

Please go to your network connections (right-click on My Network Places and select Properties).

In the menu, select Advanced and then Advanced Settings...

In the Connections box, place your wireless network adapter at the top of the list.

I know you do not like the Intel ProSet wireless utility, but please switch for this exercise. Open your Intel ProSet Wireless and select the Profiles button. Look at the profiles that have been previously been configured. Move your wireless profile for your home router to the TOP of the list.

The two options above will place the highest level of importance on your Wireless Network Adapter over the other network connections and it will also place the highest connection preference on your own access point over any other nearby devices.

There is also one more setting to check. Open your Profiles in your Intel ProSet Wireless utility. Select your home wireless profile and then Properties. In the lower left hand side, you should see an Advanced button. Select this and look at the Autoconnect settings. Your preferred profile should be set to Automatic. Change your other profiles that you rarely use to On Demand. This way, your wireless utility will not attempt to cycle through these connects to see if they are present and attempt to connect if your local wireless connection does not answer in a timely fashion.

Delete any other wireless connection profiles that you will no longer use.

[zdotb]

The majority of the startup programs I have are important. I did disable a few though. I also tried all the other suggestions, and nothing has helped. Today I timed it, 6 minutes before my wireless connected. Everything else loaded after like 30 seconds - then there was a 5min and 30 seconds pause till the wireless!
Do you guys have SP3? I still have SP2... is it worth upgrading? Does it solve any problems like this by any chance? Thanks for everyone's help!

[franco1g]

Do you have a Dell?

[aaronng383]

NET Framework 4 Client Profile update kills WinXP SP3 network startup
After installing this update boot time increases (especially the time between log-in and desktop appear)

Solution to this problem

When .NET redistributable is installed, it compiles the high priority assemblies in 5 to 10 minutes and then waits until your computer is idle to process the low priority assemblies. The following method forces all of the remaining items to be compiled with a command called NGEN.exe. Follow these steps:

1) Run cmd.exe from Start > Run

2) Type cd\

3) Type cd Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727

4) Type NGEN executequeueditems and press Enter

5) It will take about 10minutes depending upon system speed. After the process is complete, the following prompt will appear in the command prompt

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727>

6) Type exit to close the command prompt.

After performing these steps, your computer will boot up at usual speed.


NOTE:
The directory v2.0.50727 may be different if no earlier versions of .NET framework were already installed. It will be v4.0.30319 with only the version 4 present.

Solve 2
Uninstall Net Framework 4 Client Profile .