NoviceUser said:
Just started recently. Personal setting take a long time to load on the user
logon screen. After the user is selected it then takes a long time for the
desk top icons to appear. This is happening on my laptop running Windows XP.
Any idea???
The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time
things worked and the time they didn't?
The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the
malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what
programs (and versions) did you use to determine this?
Be sure the computer is clean:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
If the computer is virus/malware-free, do clean-boot troubleshooting to
see what is making the computer take so long.
Clean boot in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
Clean-boot advanced troubleshooting in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316434
How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560
Malke