Every time I boot this Windows2000 machine (SP4), it takes about 3-4 minutes
to get past the 'getting network connections' part of the process. Once the
machine is up and running, I get all the network access I expect, but
something bad happens during boot up.

Anyone have any suggestions on what to check or change to have it deal with
the DNS correctly? The network card was already changed out at one point
when the local support people thought that was the problem.

Here's the warning and error I get in from the event log every time.

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1003
Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 2:29:39 PM
User: N/A
Computer: RAD-XXXY1
Description:
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the
DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000E0C3A6560. The
following error occured:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to
try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
Data:
0000: 79 00 00 00 y...


Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7022
Date: 11/3/2005
Time: 2:30:30 PM
User: N/A
Computer: RAD-XXXY1
Description:
The DNS Client service hung on starting.


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