Hitch in Boot Up

[Special Ed]

Dell Dimension 8400, WP Home/SP 2, 1.5 gig memory, firewalled,
virus/spywared with WPA2 protected wireless LAN.

It boots normally to the Welcome Screen, I put my password in and it just
sits there for 2-3 minutes. Then the desktop appears-- but with no icons.
After another 2-3 minutes, the icons finally appear. Then all is normal--
until I reboot. Same cycle.

I eliminated most stuff from msconfig/startup except the necessary stuff
plus McAfee AV and Zone Alarm.

Any ideas so I don't have to reformat/reinstall the operating system?

Edw.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System
and Application logs for the last boot and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Special Ed]

Thanks!

Edw.

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System
and Application logs for the last boot and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double
click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message.
This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from
Event
Viewer.


--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~