All it would take is some network share the is offline as SCU checks the connection. You'll get to sort it out, but in short, I would not fix such an issue...
Bob
It takes about 45 seconds after running msconfig for the System Config Utility to appear. I do have quite a few programs on the drive my OS is on, but I have another utility program, Registry Editor, that starts immediately. The computer that I built for my wife, which is running Win98 and has very few programs on it pops up the SCU immediately. Any idea as to why mine is so slow?
Thanks,
Len

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