Win7 Enterprise Login Freezing


  1. Posts : 3
    Win 7 Enterprise
       #1

    Win7 Enterprise Login Freezing


    I work at a company with 80 or so computers running Win7Ent. With increasing frequency over the past month or so, a number of the computers have been hanging on login. Specifically, the user hits ctrl+alt+del, enters their domain creds, but then windows hangs on the 'Welcome' screen for 10-15 minutes (sometimes up to 30) before finally proceeding with the login. Afterwards a check of the event log shows one or two services (but almost never the same services) had timed out during the boot.

    I did the usual Google routine, but all I could find was reports of the background bug which should only cause a 20-second delay.

    Does anyone have any advice?
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  2. Posts : 3
    Win 7 Pro x64// currently Vista Ultimate x32
       #2

    I've had a similar issue with XP. Now I'm no programmer, but from what I understood (for me) it went like this: the Windows WLan configuration service timed out for whatever reason (maybe the router didn't respond, or whatever). Windows would still boot, but it would take ages, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, etc.
    What I did back then is write a little script that deactivates the service and another one to reactivate it, so that I could deactivate it when shutting down and reactivate it when starting up - that solved it.
    I've had multiple services timing out as well, however, it was only the fault of 1 specific service that hindered the other service's proper execution.

    If you know which services are causing the problem, maybe you could do something similar? Integrate the script in a way that it automatically executes when a user shuts down and disables the service and then when windows has booted it re-enables the service.
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  3. Posts : 3
    Win 7 Enterprise
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I've thought about doing that, but it seems like there's no specific list of services that are the culprits. I can't very well disable EVERYTHING.

    For further information, I've found that the only reliable (if temporary) correction is to perform a system restore. Affected computers seem to boot properly after restored back one or two days.
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  4. Posts : 3
    Win 7 Enterprise
    Thread Starter
       #4

    It turns out that it was Forefront that was messing up its indexing of excluded network folders. Microsoft is apparently working on it. 'Cause... you know... antiviruses should clearly bring a 21st century operating system to its knees, especially when the antivirus and OS were made by the same company. *sigh*
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