V. slow to logon

Hi,

I've got 2 machines on a home network, that have suddenly jumped from taking
2 or 3 seconds to logon, to 3 minutes +. Both machines are of a reasonable
spec, one running Windows Vista Ultimate, the other running Windows Vista
Home Premium, and the two machines run Windows Live OneCare.

I've tried the usual route of checking drivers are current, and the event
log, but can't see anything obvious. Performance is the same regardless of
whether the Wireless LAN is enabled or disabled on each machine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,



SimonT

I am gonna be honest with you, I have had nothing but head aches with
Windows Live OneCare from version 1.0. It messed my Windows XP installation
so much its pretty much a Frankenstein at the moment. I ran 1.5 on Vista x86
during the betas, but never had it for long since I had to format. I ran
version 2.0 beta (although its a beta) but it made my Vista x64 installation
very unstable and I had to uninstall through Diagnostics Mode.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"SimonT UK" <> wrote in message
news:1323965C-79C3-4FFC-9B58-...
> Hi,
>
> I've got 2 machines on a home network, that have suddenly jumped from
> taking
> 2 or 3 seconds to logon, to 3 minutes +. Both machines are of a reasonable
> spec, one running Windows Vista Ultimate, the other running Windows Vista
> Home Premium, and the two machines run Windows Live OneCare.
>
> I've tried the usual route of checking drivers are current, and the event
> log, but can't see anything obvious. Performance is the same regardless of
> whether the Wireless LAN is enabled or disabled on each machine.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> SimonT

"SimonT UK" <> wrote in message
news:1323965C-79C3-4FFC-9B58-...
> Hi,
>
> I've got 2 machines on a home network, that have suddenly jumped from taking
> 2 or 3 seconds to logon, to 3 minutes +. Both machines are of a reasonable
> spec, one running Windows Vista Ultimate, the other running Windows Vista
> Home Premium, and the two machines run Windows Live OneCare.
>
> I've tried the usual route of checking drivers are current, and the event
> log, but can't see anything obvious. Performance is the same regardless of
> whether the Wireless LAN is enabled or disabled on each machine.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Remove OneCare from one and see what happens.

I have not tested OneCare 2.0, but when I tested earlier versions
of OneCare, I found them to be almost on par with the likes
of Norton and McAfee in causing system slowdowns, sluggishness,
and just general system weirdness.

I suggest NOD32.
http://www.eset.com/products/index.php


-Michael