I have a DELL Optiplex 755 with a 2.66 processor with 1 GB ram running XP Pro.
When I reboot for any reason it takes about 45 minutes for the network icon to SHOW up in the task bar and I am unable to get to my network until then and the internet. I am unable to view any network settings until it comes up. When I click on network nothing happens. After about 45 minutes it starts working. This has been doing this for several months. I have scanned with malwarebytes a couple of different virus scans. Avg and ONLINE scans, but nothing. I installed a new NIC card, but that didn’t fix it either. I don’t know what else to try.
Thanks for any help
Does this happen in safe mode as well?Hi Danldo,

May be your issue is due to any installed software which was installed on ( or just before) the day that the issue is started..

Just to confirm, have you receiving any error just before the network icon to show up?
Also check your event viewer to get any information..
Try one more thing, just disable your anti virus and reboot the system, and have a check..

Regards,
JiTh
Server AdministratorIt will work in safe mode.
I uninstalled my antivirus and it CAME RIGHT up.
I installed a different antivirus and it does the same thing.
I can't remember what I might have installed.
I looked at the task manager, but couldn't tell much about processes. I looked at performance and it didn't have any spikes.