Delay related to networking?

> Hi All,
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> I have a fairly long delay (sometimes a couple minutes) occurring the
> first time TCP/IP related network utilities are accessed. I first noticed
> this when my application appeared to take a long time to startup. At
> first I thought it was XPe not launching it, but after changing the shell
> to cmd.exe I discovered that the shell application is launched by the
> kernel without delay. In the command prompt I typed "ipconfig /all" to
> see what the DHCP server assigned and that's when I noticed the long
> delay. (It only happens once - the first time I try it.) I think this
> explains the delay with my application because during it's initialization
> it calls WSAStartup() and I assume that's where it hangs for a while
> (although I haven't verified this.)
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> In my embedded image, the Windows Firewall component is included and its
> "Windows Firewall Settings" field is configured as "Off". The "DHCP
> Client Service" component is also included. After the long delay,
> networking works normally and I'm able to remotely debug my application
> using Microsoft Visual C++ and msvcmon. I can also ping out from the
> embedded machine without problems.
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> Question 1: Does anyone know what might be causing this delay and/or how I
> can eliminate it?
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> Question 2: Does anyone know how to disable DHCP and/or configure a static
> IP?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Matt
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