boot up time

[lar281]

I know this has been asked before, but I cannot find the post. Every time I boot up, my computer idles for about 30 seconds before I get my desktop. I have used system mechanic, and put the boot time to zero, and I even custom reinstalled my sound card and diabled the dos start up files, but I still have the same idle problem. My specs are below, and thanks for any help.

win 98se
1.2 amd t-bird
msi k7t pro 2-a
512 ram
sound blaster live value
geforce 3 ti 200
maxtor 40 gig hd
sony cdrw

[BipolarBill]

If you have an unused network adapter, manually assign this IP and Subnet mask:

192.168.1.100
255.255.255.0

This way it won't have to wait for an address assignment that's not coming (no DHCP server).

[lar281]

Thanks Bill, that was the ticket. There is still alittle idle time, but not near as before I made the changes you recommended.