Well, it was a long shot :)

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Mike Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The LAN card showed below the wireless in the order, but changing it and
> rebooting didn't seem to solve the problem.
>
> --
> Mike Gill
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:07 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Windows Login delay when wireless card is enabled
>
> This is a wild speculation.
>
> If you open up the Network Connections and hit Advanced > Advanced
> Settings, you will note that the wireless connection is higher then
> the wired.  Try swapping those around and seeing if that speeds things
> up.  Even with the wireless off (but not removed) it may still be
> trying and network time out is what? 180 seconds by default I think.
>
> Could be wrong, busy day.
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Mike Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> I have a Dell Latitude D520 with WinXP Pro that has the Dell 1490 Dual
> Band
>> wireless card in it. This user docks the laptop while here which has a
> wired
>> connection. After entering the username and password (Win2K3 domain), the
>> machine takes consistently just over two minutes to get to a useable
>> desktop. All that is visible is the mouse cursor. The wireless connection
> is
>> set to manual for what we have here and is not connected while docked. If
> I
>> use the keyboard to turn off the wireless radio then reboot, nothing
>> changes. If I disable the wireless card in the BIOS, or remove it all
>> together, then the login is immediate and as expected. The laptop has the
>> current system BIOS and drivers installed for the WiFi card.
>>
>>
>>
>> I haven't tried swapping cards yet as I don't have one readily available.
>> Googling gets me too many unrelated problems. Any tips?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Gill
>>
>>
>>
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