BUG: System Boot Sits at the Blue Blank Screen for ~90 Seconds

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This article was previously published under Q248353

SYMPTOMS

You have installed an auto-started service configured for a non-localsystem account.
When the system is starting, the system pauses at the blank blue screen for ~90 seconds and then the logon prompt appears.

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RESOLUTION

Add the NWCWorkstation service as a dependency to your non-localsystem service.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Client Services for Netware (CSNW) is installed and the NWCWorkstation service isn't configured to run in a group (default for CSNW).
Another auto-start service is installed that runs in a non-LocalSystem account.
The Auto-start service from step 2 comes before NWCWorkstation service alphabetically in the registry:
```
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Services
						
```
or it belongs to a service load order group. (Services that belong to a load order group always start before a service that doesn't belong to a load order group.)
Restart the computer.

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