Generally it would through up a warning as this isn't something that you should do of your own back, really only when advised after trying other options to try and resolve the problem. The 'Load avast! services only after loading other system services' isn't waiting on absolutely everything only the Operating system services.
You could also delay the auto-update check taking it further away from boot and higher resource use.
- You need to edit (using
notepad)
avast5.ini the
[InetWD] section of the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avast Software\Avast\avast5.ini (XP file location).
- Broadband connections, add this line:
AlwaysConnectedWaitSeconds=180 and
AssumeAlwaysConnected=1 if not present (or edit AssumeAlwaysConnected=0 to AssumeAlwaysConnected=1)
[InetWD]
AssumeAlwaysConnected=1
AlwaysConnectedWaitSeconds=180
The figure is seconds and the above equates to three minutes, you could try that and adjust upwards if required, 240, 300, etc.
When complete save the changes, avast's self-defence module will ask for confirmation, etc. answer Yes.