computer hangs

[Guest]

For some reason, when my computer boots up, I get the windows xp (home) screen and then it "hangs" for literally 3-4 minutes. Suddenly, the HD begins booting and the blue welcome screen pops up and everything is fine

Does anyone know what I may be able to do to avoid the 5 minute boot up of my computer? I tried a system restore and booting in safe mode, neither helped the situation

Thanks.

 

[Rich Barry]

You may want to look at Startup Programs and Services. For the first,
Start>Run type: msconfig Select Startup Tab
and see if you can uncheck or do without any of the entries there.
For Services check here www.blackviper.com

For some reason, when my computer boots up, I get the windows xp (home)

screen and then it "hangs" for literally 3-4 minutes. Suddenly, the HD
begins booting and the blue welcome screen pops up and everything is fine.

Does anyone know what I may be able to do to avoid the 5 minute boot up of

my computer? I tried a system restore and booting in safe mode, neither
helped the situation.