What excatly are startup scripts and why do they take a
long time(like 20-45 minutes to run before windows
desktop comes up? I have several pcs that do this.

They can perform just about any imaginable task. Ask your systems admin what
is running and why.

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"dan" wrote:
| What excatly are startup scripts and why do they take a
| long time(like 20-45 minutes to run before windows
| desktop comes up? I have several pcs that do this.

Patrick is probably correct but you might also find out *what* is really taking so long to give control to the Desktop. Are you loading some big apps like Exchange, etc? Setting up databases? or maybe it's a network related problem trying to find a disk link that no longer exists.

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"dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:101101c4a01a$2113b4f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
What excatly are startup scripts and why do they take a
long time(like 20-45 minutes to run before windows
desktop comes up? I have several pcs that do this.