Guys and gals,

I've got a p2 333 64 megs ram win98 ie5.5 that acts as a file server on a peer-to-peer 10base2 network. Everytime the system boots, it sits for like a minute when the desktop appears (before it makes it's network connections or runs any startup programs). It has a Realtek RTL8029 nic.

Any ideas what makes this thing sit like it does during startup?

Thanks.