Windows XP Problem

ollie CUP · 1 Jun 2007 at 18:13

Hi, Ive just reformatted my computer with Windows XP SP2 32bit, and left it to update.

Now whenever I reboot, when i hear that annoying startup sound just after the XP loading screen, my desktop doesn't load for 30~ seconds, and its doing my head in.

Took a vid on my phone:

please help :mad:

Ross1234 · 1 Jun 2007 at 18:24

I get the exact same

ollie CUP · 1 Jun 2007 at 18:30

How long have you been getting it?

Last week Automatic Updates alerted me of an update, so i downloaded and installed it, and rebooted and it started doing it then. I wound me up so I decided to try out XP 64bit. But due to some software I use not working to well with it, I today decided to go back to XP32bit. And after updating it, its started doing it again

So I'm pretty sure it isn't just a dodgy install.

t31os · 1 Jun 2007 at 20:17

As soon as you see your desktop the Task Manager should still be accessible, so whack CTRL + ALT + DEL as soon as you get the desktop and see if you notice any processes that seem to linger longer then they should etc....

ollie CUP · 1 Jun 2007 at 20:41

This is as soon as I am able to launch Task manager:

This is as soon as the desktop loads:

And finally, this is after about 5 minutes of the computer being on:

t31os · 2 Jun 2007 at 09:46

Nothing suspect there, i can't imagine windows update causing a problem.

However on that note, does it still take a long time if you boot in safe mode?...

Do you have any PCI devices or USB devices (not mouse or keyboard)?...

bledd · 2 Jun 2007 at 11:50

try removing nod32 for the time being

on some pc's i've noticed a weird startup lag with some versions of it