After SP2, XP hangs 1:30 min after login !

[Malescot]

Goodnight everybody,

I've installed SP2 over my XP Pro SP1 + all updates system. The problem I
have is when I start up the computer or when I reboot, I can see the
"Welcome" screen and I can hear the usual start music, but then my computer
shows the wallpaper for at least 1 minute and a half without looking like
working ! Afterwards the icons and the task bar appear, and everything works
perfectly and fast.

In addition, it doesn't hang at all when I exit from hibernation or when I
turn off and on my session. It only happens when I start up or when I reboot

Do you have an idea or a solution ? Have you encountered the same problem ?
Thank you !

MALESCOT
XP Pro (SP2 newly installed)
PIII 1 GHz
1 Go SDRam
Panda Platinum (Antivirus + Firewall) -> SP2 firewall disabled
Geforce FX5200
Plenty of free disk space

 

[Tom]

I came to the Newsgroups to post the exact same problem as
this thread. After installing SP2 over Win XP Pro, I see
my desktop wallpaper for approximately 1 to 2 minutes
before all the desktop icons appear.

Any ideas?

 

[JimWae±]

network problems?
severely fragmented pagefile?

Look in Event Viewer

 

[Tom]

Not networked. Connected through Ethernet to cable modem,
which appears to be working correctly.

Don't know where to find how fragmented the pagefile.sys
is, but it's about 192MB and I have about 10 GB free hard
drive space. I run defrag about once every 2-3 weeks.

As to the Event Viewer, the only errors I find reported
when I last booted was with mrtRate service failing to
start because it can't find the file specified.

 

[JimWae±]

mrtRate is part of Quicken
- try either re-installing Quicken or disabling the service

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
Goodnight everybody,

I've installed SP2 over my XP Pro SP1 + all updates system. The problem I
have is when I start up the computer or when I reboot, I can see the
"Welcome" screen and I can hear the usual start music, but then my computer
shows the wallpaper for at least 1 minute and a half without looking like
working ! Afterwards the icons and the task bar appear, and everything works
perfectly and fast.

In addition, it doesn't hang at all when I exit from hibernation or when I
turn off and on my session. It only happens when I start up or when I reboot

Do you have an idea or a solution ? Have you encountered the same problem ?
Thank you !

MALESCOT
XP Pro (SP2 newly installed)
PIII 1 GHz
1 Go SDRam
Panda Platinum (Antivirus + Firewall) -> SP2 firewall disabled
Geforce FX5200
Plenty of free disk space

.
I have the same problem with both my XP home takes 75

seconds for one and 83 seconds for the other before icons
appear,SP2 gonna be more secure because you wont be able
to use it to get a virus LOL.

 

[Malescot]

Thanks a lot, I solved the problem.

Thanks to the event log, I could see that at each startup, XP was waiting
for the Windows Image Acquiring (WIA) service to launch. This service was in
MANUAL. I put it in AUTO : same problem. I disabled it : it works !

I cannot see any difference in the use of my computer now that this service
is disabled (my webcam is OK, my scanner as well, I can still plug my camera
via USB and look at my pictures in the explorer, and so on....).

Thanks again and good day to you,

MALESCOT.

 

[Chris]

seconds for one and 83 seconds for the other before icons
appear,SP2 gonna be more secure because you wont be able
to use it to get a virus LOL.

You may have noticed that XP defrag does not defragment the pagefile.
If you want a quick, free and easy way to do this, there's a utility
at sysinternals.com called pagedefrag that will do this. Good luck,

Chris

 

[andrede32]

I have exactly the same problem and sent a complete report to Microsoft.
For the moment the problem persists
andrede

 

[andrede32]

I install from Sysinternal a free software named Pagedefrag and the problem
is solved.
andrede