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    Vista slow login finally RESOLVED

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by 9006, Sep 29, 2007.

  1. 9006

    9006 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, just an update to a thead i posted a while back moaning about windows Vista login time (Remember? when it would just sit at the welcome screen for ages then get a black screen for a while longer etc...)

    Well im happy to say that i've found out what's causing it, it's because i had mapped drives, it waits for the wifi to kick in and connect to the drives before it loads your desktop.. wich is stupid. However if your on a wired network you'll be fine because it more or less connects instantly, wifi takes a little longer wich is what it waits for.

    Now im wondering if theres a way to make the wifi connect straght away, its just convenient to have the drive there. When mapping a drive you can uncheck 'Reconnect at logon' but for some reason it doesent save the drive.

    Anyway hoped this helped some people having trouble like this..

    Mike.
     
    9006, Sep 29, 2007
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  2. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    That's very good to know. I've never liked my drive reconnecting at logon unless I know for sure the drives will be there again anytime I turn on the CPU.
     
    surfasb, Sep 29, 2007
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  3. bananapudding

    bananapudding Notebook Consultant

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    Flip off your Wireless switch before you turn on the computer, then flip on once you get to your desktop.
     
    bananapudding, Sep 29, 2007
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  4. shalimar

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    That is odd. Vista loads completely for me and my wifi still has not connected to my network. It takes maybe a minute more after Vista has loaded completely.
     
    shalimar, Sep 30, 2007
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    I have been researching this problem for 3 weeks. No solution on the internet.
    Vista takes >60 seconds to connect to wifi, which holds up the startup process. Have re-configured and tried everything with no success. EIther its a Vista bug with certain configs, or the router not being Vista compatible.
     
    ss_blake, Oct 1, 2007
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  6. coolguy

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    ^^ Vista takes hell a lot of time to connect particularly to a wireless G access point. Mine takes more than a minute (sometimes 2 mins) to connect.
     
    coolguy, Oct 3, 2007
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  7. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Vista never takes more than 15 seconds to connect to my wireless access point. So this is not a general Vista issue at all.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Oct 3, 2007
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    TinyRK Notebook Evangelist

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    I am using the Vista SP1 Beta, and the Wireless is connected already, before the the boot is done and the HDD stopped working.
     
    TinyRK, Oct 3, 2007
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    Sounds like M$ recognized this issue and has addressed it in SP1 -- that would be nice.
     
    brucewilsonpa, Oct 3, 2007
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