Slow Windows bootup

[belmont717]

I recently just formatted my computer. Before installing necessary drivers my computer would boot up and load everything on the taskbar every quickly, but after I installed my wireless netword card drivers and started trying to connect to the router. My computer boots up very slowly. I had a few problems in the past with other computers. I think it has something to do with the network card connecting to the router or something. Is there something I can do to fix this problem? It seems to be the luck of the draw. Sometimes I format and install the network drivers no problem and other times it causes Windows to load much much slower.

 

[HermDogg]

You could check to see what's starting up (msconfig, startup tab) when Windows does, if you think it's the network card.

 

[engineereeyore]

Try disabling the wireless card and restarting. See if that makes a difference. That should tell you definitely whether that is what's slowing you down. Since it's a fresh install, you shouldn't have to much stuff running at startup, but you can always run good ole msconfig and see what's going on.