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I've noticed that my T60p takes over a minute longer to boot when docked in my Advanced Dock (model 2503-10U) than when undocked. I disabled COM and LPT ports in BIOS in an attempt to speed it up but noticed no difference. Has anybody else experienced this, and is there any workaround? I'm running Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2.

Thanks.

When docked, are there messages in the event log? Especially about timeouts.

I don't have a dock, but I would hazard a guess that it might be trying to make a network connection. See if you can set any network devices not to connect at boot.

GomJabber, I believe you are right, that it is trying to make a network connection. I've noticed that it takes a v e r y long time to logon. Is there a way to speed this up?

You could be right about the network connection idea -- this is a feature of Access Connections, but it applies to wireless connections. It may be trying to connect to the WiFi network in lieu of the Ethernet connection depending on your settings. Try this:

-Open Access Connections from the tray icon or the start menu
-Make sure you are in 'Advanced' mode
-Click Tools -> Global Settings
-Uncheck the second check box and click OK
-Restart

Is your machine part of a domain or is it from a workplace? If so, these pauses usually indicate a DNS issue, which would be evident in the Event Viewer, as richk suggested. There are a few other services which could time out and cause this kind of delay; these would also show up in the event log. To get to the Event Viewer, right-click 'Computer' in your start menu and click Manage. It will be one of the items in the left pane. Check all the log entries that were in your bootup timespan.

Just FYI, disabling the COM and LPT ports in BIOS usually doesn't affect Windows, as NT-based systems have control over the hardware. You could, however, use the Configuration Utility to disable the devices.