WinXP Pro - Network Connections Startup Priorities?

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Wen I start my computer, "start-up" items seem to load PRIOR to my LAN
connection. Is there a way to prioritize this, and direct it to load LAN
connections first?
Ex:
My anti-virus program loads on start-up, and immediately looks for updated
DAT files. Yet it always errors out, because my LAN connection to the
internet has not loaded yet.

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This is not the only program that requires a connection at start-up, I only
used my anti-virus program as easy example. Other issues with programs set
to load at start are required by my employment to be running at the time of
network log-on.

Again, as stated ... is there a way to prioritize and make the LAN
connection happen first?