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"Preparing Network Connections"This step has vanished from the startup sequence of a Dell laptop.
Instead it skips straight from "Windows is starting up" to the logon screen (require Ctrl+Alt+Del is disabled), which unfortunately is unusable until the network connections have been prepared. Can anyone point me to some relevant documentation? TIA, Neil. In article <uS9v5cmSFHA.1***@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, Neil Rashbrook
<n***@parkwaycc.co.uk> wrote: >This step has vanished from the startup sequence of a Dell laptop. Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? To run it, click>Instead it skips straight from "Windows is starting up" to the logon >screen (require Ctrl+Alt+Del is disabled), which unfortunately is >unusable until the network connections have been prepared. Can anyone >point me to some relevant documentation? > >TIA, >Neil. Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | Administrative Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see: HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427 -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
>In article <uS9v5cmSFHA.1***@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>, Neil Rashbrook <n***@parkwaycc.co.uk> wrote: The following system error events are logged during startup:> > >>This step has vanished from the startup sequence of a Dell laptop. Instead it skips straight from "Windows is starting up" to the logon screen (require Ctrl+Alt+Del is disabled), which unfortunately is unusable until the network connections have been prepared. Can anyone point me to some relevant documentation? >> >> >Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? > * DCOM got error "The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. " attempting to start the service ccPwdSvc with arguments "" in order to run the server: {DBA28A20-5CE1-4E8D-AD35-418B62269E54} * Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the Symantec Password Validation service to connect. That service then logs an application event four seconds later once it has started successfully. In case it is relevant, there is an event that occurs frequently, it is * DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer <various> using any of the configured protocols. In article <OFvwKs9TFHA.3***@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, Neil Rashbrook
<n***@parkwaycc.co.uk> wrote: Show quote >>>This step has vanished from the startup sequence of a Dell laptop. Instead it skips straight from "Windows is starting up" to the logon screen (require Ctrl+Alt+Del is disabled), which unfortunately is unusable until the network connections have been prepared. Can anyone point me to some relevant documentation? I'm sorry, but I don't know what the problem is. If you computer is>>> >>Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? >> >The following system error events are logged during startup: >* DCOM got error "The service did not respond to the start or control >request in a timely fashion. " attempting to start the service ccPwdSvc >with arguments "" in order to run the server: >{DBA28A20-5CE1-4E8D-AD35-418B62269E54} >* Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the Symantec Password >Validation service to connect. >That service then logs an application event four seconds later once it >has started successfully. >In case it is relevant, there is an event that occurs frequently, it is >* DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer <various> using any >of the configured protocols. connected to a business network, consult with the network administrators. It's also possible that Symantec could diagnose the problem that its product is encountering. -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
>If you computer is connected to a business network, consult with the network administrators. That would be me :-(>  |
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