Windows XP firewall delay

I'm running windows xp and everything has been fine until recently. Whenever I boot up my machine it runs through the startup process, but when it gets to the windows firewall it causes a long delay. I've checked my hdd and my other startup programs and have not seen anything that could be slowing the process down. I've also checked for malware spyware and viruses with no results. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
Jolly

re: Windows XP firewall delay

Jolly,

Just of the top of my head try disabling the firewall first reboot the system and see if the firewall is having problems. Make sure you have no internet connection when you do this to prevent any malware from connecting to the internet.

if the computer loads fine than i would recommend restoring the computer from the point that it was lasting working. With out going into more crazy details this would be the simplest action for you.

if it still delays, you might have some malware that was not recognized by your anti virus.

Let us know how it goes.

re: Windows XP firewall delay

Since I'm behind a router and have installed another firewall, I just stopped the service and it has fixed the problem because its not loading. Thank you for your response