Will adding a NIC card slow down boot in WinXP?

[DARRIN]

I know when I added a network card card to my computer when I had Win98se the boot time increased quite a bit. Is this still the case with WinXP?

 

[PCsupportguy]

It shouldn't. The only reason it would is if your network settings weren't set correctly. Anytime you leave it to the pc to configure anything, it will be slow.

 

[avedis]

Depends.

If you have your NIC set to get an IP address via DHCP (dynamic IP), it will take longer to boot, because the NIC attempts to get an IP address upon bootup.
If you define your own IP address (static IP) you shouldn't notice a difference.

 

[DARRIN]

Do I just make up an IP address and set it to that?

 

[btvillarin]

Basically...

http://www.geocities.com/btvillarin/WinXP_FAQ_2.htm