Hi all
I have a workaround for this problem to have normal boot until NI solves this issue, so please read.
I have reported this issue, and at the moment i'm in contact with labview tech help on this issue. In This thread http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Windows-7-takes-15min-to-boot-after-installing-Labview-2012/m-p/2197... I've reported that the problem was solved, but actually it only worked for a few days, then come back again
I did a lot of testing in my laptop, and found that this is related with the service "Network Store Interface Service" (NSIS). So disabling this service you have your problem solved, but it causes another problem, you loose the network.
This happens because the "DHCP Client" service depends on NSIS.
Also this issue seems to happen only when the PC is in a domain, and as rrawer stated, i'm also in a windows server domain (Windows SBS2008).
In my company there also two other PC's with the same problem, I don't think this is related to hardware, because the PC are all different, and have different ages, one of them has only a few months.
So i've found out that if you set to manual this services that depend on NSIS (DHCP Client, DNS Client, IP Helper, Network Connections, Network Local Awareness) and also put NSIS in Manual
You also need to disable the "Workstation" service that also depends on NSIS (why disable? Because there are 3 services that depend on Workstation service, they will force it to start, and then it will force NSIS to start, then long boot, if you really need any of the services dependent on Workstation, do the same as described for them)
Not also that you have to uncheck this services in the msconfig window if they are checked, then the PC will boot normaly without network.
Upon boot you should go to services and start DHCP Client to have Network(and the others if you really need them)
This will also force NSIS to start, and other services that depend on NSIS.
The first time the PC reboots you may need to set again these services to manual in the services window, i had to do it, then in the sebsequent boots they were already set to Manual
If you let just on of the dependent services in Automatic or Automatic (Delayed Start) it will force NSIS to Run and the boot time will go to +-15min
Because you need to manually start "DHCP Client" to have network, here is a solution to do it automatically after you log on:
1-Go to Control Panel and open Administrative Tools
2-Open Task Scheduller
3-On the right click on "Creat Basic Task"
4-In the first window give it a name ("DHCP" for instance) and press next
5-Choose "When I Logon" and press next
6-Choose "Start a Program" and press next
7-In the "Program/script" insert: net
8-In the "Arguments" insert: start "DHCP Client"
9-Press "Finish" and you're done
I will ask the NI guy that is working on this issue with me, to take a look on this thread to get more information abou the problem, so they really look at it as a real and generalized labview problem and not only as a localized problem, also I think more info about this problem will help them to find the real problem and a solution to it.
So I will ask you all that are having this problem to post on this thread this info that he also asked me:
1) A detailed description of your computer's hardware and network setup, so that we can try to reproduce it. This would include the computer make and model, the make and model of their ethernet card, etc.
2) Can you contact your network administrators or IT department to see if any Windows Updates or network changes have been made recently (in more general) ? And what kind of server you have in your domain?
3) Can you check when the .NET 4.0 framework was installed?
If we all help on this, surelly we will get this issue solved.
Thank you for the help
PS: Sorry for the long text, but is the only way to share with you all the info I've gathered until now
