This suddenly started happening, and it annoys the heck out of me. Every
time I log on, The computer shows the typical small window that says Loading
your settings... Right after that, the taskbar, desktop icons, etc. normally
appear, but instead, the desktop wallpaper appears, but nothing else does
for about 20 seconds, as if explorer.exe is taking an extra 20 seconds to
load, but there is no disk activity durring this time. After it does load,
everything else works fine. I have tried rebooting and have done a system
restore, but with no success. Unfortunatley, I cannot do a repair install
because it is not an option on the OEM XP disk that came with my computer.
Any suggestions?

I found a solution. Typing this in the run box and hitting enter ran a
utility that corrected the problem.
"Matt Modica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This suddenly started happening, and it annoys the heck out of me. Every
> time I log on, The computer shows the typical small window that says
> Loading your settings... Right after that, the taskbar, desktop icons,
> etc. normally appear, but instead, the desktop wallpaper appears, but
> nothing else does for about 20 seconds, as if explorer.exe is taking an
> extra 20 seconds to load, but there is no disk activity durring this time.
> After it does load, everything else works fine. I have tried rebooting and
> have done a system restore, but with no success. Unfortunatley, I cannot
> do a repair install because it is not an option on the OEM XP disk that
> came with my computer. Any suggestions?
>

Oops, I forgot to mention what to type! Here it is:
sfc /scannow
"Matt Modica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I found a solution. Typing this in the run box and hitting enter ran a
>utility that corrected the problem.
> "Matt Modica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This suddenly started happening, and it annoys the heck out of me. Every
>> time I log on, The computer shows the typical small window that says
>> Loading your settings... Right after that, the taskbar, desktop icons,
>> etc. normally appear, but instead, the desktop wallpaper appears, but
>> nothing else does for about 20 seconds, as if explorer.exe is taking an
>> extra 20 seconds to load, but there is no disk activity durring this
>> time. After it does load, everything else works fine. I have tried
>> rebooting and have done a system restore, but with no success.
>> Unfortunatley, I cannot do a repair install because it is not an option
>> on the OEM XP disk that came with my computer. Any suggestions?
>>
>
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