Hi Neil
What is Procmon ?
If it was a bad Nic or cabling problem, I's expect there to be problems once it loads after thje 3-5 minutes , but omnce it loads, its fine

regards,
Gerard


>Run Procmon and see whats going on, Check for packet retries (Bad Nic or cabling problem)
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>>On one of our sites(Windows 7) , on a few machines, when the Exe loads first, it can take about 3 to 5 minutes , doing nothing, and then ok. (It normally Takes about 5 seconds to load). When this happens, all other apps seem to hang also. After it loads though, it flies along as normal.
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>>I've checked things like Anti-virus etc .
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>>Any ideas appreciated.
>>Tia,
>>Gerard