Hello,

I'm a proud owner of a Acer C110TCi convertable tablet PC. It has served me
well for as long as I have owned it and the 900mhz processor is by no means
any limitation to what I do.

Anyways, I finally upgraded to SP2 (to get Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005) a
few weeks ago. Since then... or shortly after then... whenever I restart, it
takes about a minute before it'll load wireless networking. Normally you
should have that computer in the tray with the x on it (because I have
wireless off at startup) - it doesn't show up for about a minute. It is not
as if it is doing other things either, it loads everything, the computer is
usable, the HD is idle, but it takes a minute for wireless networking to
load.

If I go to control panel --> network connections during this '1 minute grace
period', it will just show a blank screen and wait until I get the wireless
networking icon in the tray, then it will load.

I tried using an ethernet cable, and I can confirm that as soon as I start
up, I can access the network from ethernet.

Any ideas?

I've already done spyware scans, I'm using Windows Zero Conf Wireless... not
quite sure whats the problem here.

It can be totally your wireless and the router you're using. Or, since you
made changes to your system with XP SP2, I would also try updating (or
reinstalling, as the case may be) your wireless adapter software from Acer.
Try installing in Safe Mode, without Networking, so the present
configuration doesn't come into play.

Depending on where I'm using wireless, it may take longer to go through all
the information before the router/base station actually authorizes my
machine. If you're using WPA encryption, it can take longer versus WEP. If
you're filtering by MAC addresses for security on your LAN, it can take
longer, too. 8-)
--
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In memory of a true friend, Windows MVP Alex Nichol

Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"xti" <xti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I'm a proud owner of a Acer C110TCi convertable tablet PC. It has served
> me
> well for as long as I have owned it and the 900mhz processor is by no
> means
> any limitation to what I do.
>
> Anyways, I finally upgraded to SP2 (to get Windows Tablet PC Edition 2005)
> a
> few weeks ago. Since then... or shortly after then... whenever I restart,
> it
> takes about a minute before it'll load wireless networking. Normally you
> should have that computer in the tray with the x on it (because I have
> wireless off at startup) - it doesn't show up for about a minute. It is
> not
> as if it is doing other things either, it loads everything, the computer
> is
> usable, the HD is idle, but it takes a minute for wireless networking to
> load.
>
> If I go to control panel --> network connections during this '1 minute
> grace
> period', it will just show a blank screen and wait until I get the
> wireless
> networking icon in the tray, then it will load.
>
> I tried using an ethernet cable, and I can confirm that as soon as I start
> up, I can access the network from ethernet.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I've already done spyware scans, I'm using Windows Zero Conf Wireless...
> not
> quite sure whats the problem here.