I had a call that a user's workstation is taking 5 minutes to boot up. I did some user file cleanup which should have nothing to do with the issue as the slow boot is before the user gets the CAD screen. I did an ipconfig/all to make sure dns was correct. I did an ipconfig/flushdns. I then updated the Realtek nic from a 2002 driver to a 2008 driver. I rebooted the workstation and it came up in a minute after the bios finished its stuff.
Some computer manufacturers are not so good about getting you the latest nic drivers. If you have a computer that uses Broadcom nics you usually need to go to Broadcom to get the latest drivers.
Posted
May 08 2008, 09:35 PM
by
jim