Re: Startup Weirdness

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure what they're using to do the scan.  It's some batch file that
gets kicked off by the LAN login script.

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Chuck Lewis
<chuck.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> That's a good idea John ! I'll try it without the docking station.
> Network resources really shouldn't be in contention as we are a small
> company and I am one of the first in.
>
> We haven't implemented anything like you describe yet but it sounds
> interesting. What are they using to scan for installed software?
>
> Thanks !
>
> Chuck
>
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>
> My first guess is it's trying to connect to network resources and
> they're
> timing out.  Second guess is an issue with the docking station or what
> the
> laptop is expecting to see when docked.  You can plug in at work w/o the
> dock to see if the dock makes any difference.
>
> My suggestion is to use event viewer to track what loads at home & when
> docked.  The difference should reveal what's taking so long.
>
> BTW my employer has implemented a scan that detects all installed
> software
> on the PC.  It runs whenever we log in to the LAN so I get hit with it
> at
> the office but not at home.  It's slow and churns the disk for several
> minutes but at least it runs as a background task so I can start working
> while it does it's thing.
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