I’ve been having this frustrating issue for the last month where the laptop would take about 10 minutes before it was able to connect to the internet. This happened even when the machine came back from sleep/suspend mode.
The Wifi connection would be detected immediate but I would not get an IP from the DHCP server. I always had to fiddle around by disconnecting and connecting a few times.
Well today I got down the source. The problem was to do with the Virtual Machine Network Services that were installed when I added Virtual PC. Once I went into the WiFi Adapter properties and removed the Virtual Machine Network Services I was able to get my PC back to instant connectivity.
Legend – I thought this was just my 7100 build of W7!
Neil serves us right for living on the bleeding edge.
WHY IS IT SLOW TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET
I tried your idea of turning off the virtual wi-fi on my computer and it worked perfectly. The wi-fi connects as soon as the computer is up and running now. It used to take 1 to 2 minutes previosly. On Windows 7 it is called ” Microsoft Virtual Wi-Fi Adaptor”. Thanks for your help.