Slow boot

[Hordari]

Hey all .. ok this one got me scratching my head .. have a tower PC which boots up like a proverbial b****. Boots to the "Windows Loading" screen then seems to stall for 2-4 minutes ... then the desktop loads but again takes 2-4 minutes for the icons to appear .

It running Windows Xp home sp3 .

I have used msconfig to turn off all unneccessary programs

Also Run AVG , Malwarebytes and Wise Reg cleaner . All now return clean status's .. but start up still the same .. now run out of ideas so asking you guys (and girls) for any other ideas

 

[Hordari]

should also add run HiJackthis whick also shows now problems

 

[Abarbarian]

Backup and do a clean install. Quickest and easily the most pain free solution.

 

[Hordari]

thx Abar .. that was last resort .. just reformatted the pc and its still freezing on loading the GUI .. the background appears but no icons for about 3-4 minutes ... have now also run a hardware scanner but that didnt highlight anything so am really at a loss now as to what to do to resolve this or am i stuck with a duff board