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i guess it could be a hardware issue - because, this happens with fresh install of server2003 with nothing else (default options during enitre setup). no special drivers intalled. may be it is looking for a network, i have firewire and a modem that are not connected to a cable, so i disabled them both but still no result. thanks for the suggestions and if you think of anything ps. do lemme know. thanks. also, is there a log or something by which i will know what it is trying to do?

searched all instances of ClearPageFileAtShutdown in registry and all are 0. assigned a ip but no improvement. i am behind a dlink 614+ router if that matters. any suggestions? thanks.

finally got some time to look into this problem again. after i reboot, if i just leave it for 15 mins and then login then it logs in immediately. so it is the boot that takes 15 mins. would appreciate any help to resolve this. ps. i don't use XP antispy.

Sunil: thanks for the reply. i have a PIII 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM. hopefully that is enuff for server. i haven't configured anything with the "Manage Your Server" that comes up for the first time. so i don't think i am running any service. i am behind a router (cable modem to connect to internet) if that matters.

I got the windows server 2003 enterprise evaluation version and i want to try it out as a workstation. I did all the modifications as necessary and everything is fine. However, first time login after a reboot (as administrator or a user who has admin privileges) takes ~15 mins (subsequent logins are fast, only the first login after a reboot is slow). Booting itself is fast, it is when i try to login it takes 15 mins for the taskbar, start button, etc to come up. Even the CPU is not busy. I don't know why it is taking so much time to come up. It happens even with a fresh install so it is not introduced by the modifications. Is it because it is an eval. version and microsoft put a timer on it (i have activated it btw). Any help would be apprecited. I can give more info. if that will help solve the problem. Thanks.