No Network +2min to boot time

Hi! tilhasbb, welcome to 7F :)

How long has this configuration been running, Has this just happened?

Are you the only one that has access to this machine?
How are permissions handled?
Can you re-create the problem, and then see what event viewer has to say about it? Try to correlate event timed with your recreation.
This may help with event viewer:
Event Viewer - Create a Custom System Monitoring

tilhasbb said:

Hello Guys,

When I am connected to the office network, my laptop tapes about 1.5min to boot.
If I am disconnected it is 1.5 + 2minutes to boot.
If I boot in safe mode (not connected to office) its 1.5min
If I boot in safe mode with networking (not connected to office) it is 1.5 + 2min

1'.5" isn't too bad, but there may be something wrong with your network setup.
Do you have a habit of leaving USB devices in, and/or a HDD attached to this machine when you start-up?

tilhasbb said:

I tried turning everything off in msconfig. all the services (non microsoft) and everything in startup. It did not change a thing.

For now we can leave these where they sit.
You can check Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Service Configurations by Black Viper or Pac-mans portal Windows startup programs. What are they? Are they required? How can I disable them?
But be forewarned. Be very careful how you use these sites. One wrong move, and you will be doing a re-install.

tilhasbb said:

I have tried the following two things.
- Local Computer Policy/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/User Profiles "Set maximum wait time for the network if a user has a roaming...."to 0

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\
DelayedDesktopSwitchTimeout to 0
It didn't help. Can someone help me pinpoint what is delaying the bootup?

Can you change these back to their original values?

tilhasbb said:

Specs
Hp Elitebook 8540w
Windows® 7 Professional 64
Intel® Core™ i7-620M Processor (2.66 GHz, 4 MB L3 cache)
8G Ram DDR3
NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M graphics with 1 GB

The video card could also be the culprit; poor seating in the socket, and make sure its drivers are up to date.