This knowledgebase article describing a problem where Windows XP may take upward of three minutes to complete a wireless network connection looks like the problem I sometimes get at home where the pc takes forever to boot up at home. i guess the workaround is to disable client for MS networks or the wireless as I boot up…. I think i’ll try that and see how I get on.
Update I’ve tried booting the laptop up with the wireless nic disabled (fortunately there is a nice slider switch to turn it on and off) and it logs in as instantaneous as it can get. Marvellous!