Hi everyone, I have a problem in my windows 2003 server as it takes nearly 10-12 minutes to boot it after which client computers can access it to perform their regular task. While booting it takes maximum(out of 10-12 minutes) time for "preparing Network Connections"(which is the status shown while booting) What may be the reasons that delays server booting and preparing it for normal operations. how can i reslove this issue, if any one can give me valuable suggestion to resolve this and to tune server startup (booting). Thanks in Advance and Regards, Ravi Mishra

Hi, That sounds like a long time to boot, do you have any errors in the application or system event logs? -- Mike Burr

Hi ravi mishra , Thanks for posting here. After reading your post, I understand that you have encountered slow boot issue. In generally , this issue could be caused by many possible reasons , it’s hard to find out the original reason according what you mentioned right now. In order to narrow down the issue more efficiently, we may collect more information for further investigation. 1. which services is this server provide? 2. Is this server a domain member or a standalone server? 3. Is this server using teaming NIC feature? 4. How this server obtain IP address ? have you set a static IP , DNS address for this server? 5. Have you installed any software recently on your server since this issue occurred ?Was this server boot normally before? Please post any related event log of your problematic server, it’s very helpful for us to troubleshooting . Please check if it worked with the following steps: 1. Check “Net logon” service ,make sure it startup type is “automatic” . 2. Check whether the [computer configuration\administrative templates\system\logon\Always Wait for Network at Computer Startup and Logon] policy is enabled. If so, please disable it to test again. 3. Disable any anti-virus , firewall software ,and any no-Microsoft services on your server temporary. 4. reboot your server in safe mode with network connection . How to enable verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status Messages in the Windows Server 2003 family http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325376 Thanks. Tiger Li Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.