Test was simple boot with network cable connected (to office network) boots in about 2minutes. Unplug cable ant it takes 4 minutes. I have changed desktop background picture and Set maximum wait time for the network if a user has a roaming user profile or remote home directory and set it to 0 with no sucess. I've tried msconfig and disabling all services and startup items. still doesn't help. What is windows trying to do and then it times out??

What is windows trying to do and then it times out?? Have you checked your eventlogs? All relevant information regarding boot & logon is recorded there, so that should ALWAYS be the first place to start looking for clues. Regarding all your mentioned changes: be aware that every setting you change may adversely affect your attempt to debug performance issues. I'd rather do one thing at a time to determine probable causes.

Test was simple boot with network cable connected (to office network) boots in about 2minutes. Unplug cable ant it takes 4 minutes. Do apply group policies?"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

Andre.Ziegler> Group Policies? Here is my event log http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3485/eventlog.png Here are some of the events. if you notice its all trying to connect to domain etc etc NETLOGON This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain XXXXXX3D due to the following: There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request. This may lead to authentication problems. Make sure that this computer is connected to the network. If the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator. ADDITIONAL INFO If this computer is a domain controller for the specified domain, it sets up the secure session to the primary domain controller emulator in the specified domain. Otherwise, this computer sets up the secure session to any domain controller in the specified domain. DNS Client Events Name resolution for the name _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.XXXXXXX3d.lan timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. GroupPolicy The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has succesfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator. Dns Client Events Name resolution for the name _kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.XXXXX3d.lan timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. Winlogon The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logon). WinLogon The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> took 89 second(s) to handle the notification event (Logon). GroupPolicy The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has succesfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.

Your PC tried to connect the Comain controller and fails. This causes the delay. Ask in the Server forums how to change the timeout values. I'm not a Server expert."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

My initial thread is here http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/732a0f12-d899-43db-975e-fb1555379b7e and we have determined why my laptop takes forever to boot. When I am not connect to the office network it takes an extra 2minutes. Where can I change the time out delay to stop trying to connect to network stuff? Here is my event log http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3485/eventlog.png Here are some of the events. if you notice its all trying to connect to domain etc etc NETLOGON This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain XXXXXX3D due to the following: There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request. This may lead to authentication problems. Make sure that this computer is connected to the network. If the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator. ADDITIONAL INFO If this computer is a domain controller for the specified domain, it sets up the secure session to the primary domain controller emulator in the specified domain. Otherwise, this computer sets up the secure session to any domain controller in the specified domain. DNS Client Events Name resolution for the name _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.XXXXXXX3d.lan timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. GroupPolicy The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has succesfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator. Dns Client Events Name resolution for the name _kerberos._tcp.dc._msdcs.XXXXX3d.lan timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded. Winlogon The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> is taking long time to handle the notification event (Logon). WinLogon The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> took 89 second(s) to handle the notification event (Logon). GroupPolicy The processing of Group Policy failed because of lack of network connectivity to a domain controller. This may be a transient condition. A success message would be generated once the machine gets connected to the domain controller and Group Policy has succesfully processed. If you do not see a success message for several hours, then contact your administrator.

done http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproSP/thread/2d0db9bf-a98f-45a7-aff4-788ee0c0fe3b

done in the wrong forum. this forum is about Sp1. Better ask in 1 of this sub-forums: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverGP/threads http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverPN/threads"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

Hi Tilhaus I merged your other thread into this original thraed about this issue. Please keep everything in one thread. Thanks. Regards,Ronnie Vernon MVP – Windows Desktop Experience

Thanks! Does anyone know how to decrease the timeout when trying to connecting to Domain??

Anyone??

Sorry, I have no idea. That's why I told you to ask in the Server forums."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/