Win XP SP2 long pause after startup

[MrBlobby]

I have this problem on 2 PC's at the moment, one laptop and one very modern
desktop. I start windows, the logon screen apprears quickly. I select the
correct user and windows starts up quickly. When the desktop is visible, I
can start Apps like Word immediately and even open recent files from within
Word. When I try to open Explorer of Internet Explorer right after startup, I
get a blank window for around 2-3 minutes. Then there is some more harddisk
activity and the network connections popup in the taskbar and everything is
fine again.
Any Idea what may be causing this delay?
I am using AVG Free antivrus and the systems are fully updated
automatically. The desktop has a wire connection to my linksys router, the
laptop uses WiFi.

All help is more then welcome.

 

[Gerry]

Are there any scheduled tasks which normally run at the time you switch
on your computer. You can reschedule the task for later. Common
anti-virus scan daily and AVG 7.5 Free does this.

Out of date drivers can cause boot delays. Are there any yellow question
marks in Device Manager? Right click on the My Computer icon on your
Desktop and select Properties, Hardware,Device Manager. If yes what is
the Device Error code?

Also look for Error Reports in the System log in Event Viewer.
Please post copies of all Error and Warning Reports appearing in
the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. No
Information Reports or Duplicates please. Indicate which also appear in
a previous boot.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,
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/kb/308427/en-us

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. Click the button and close Event
Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of
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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[MrBlobby]

Hi Gerry,

Thanks for the tips. I will start digging into this. As I am new to using
the system log, it may be several days before I can post back some results.

Best regards,

Emanuel