Windows Start Menu freezes for 15 seconds at first then is OK

S

Spin

Hi,

It seems like everytime I boot up my computer, wait for the entire desktop
to load blah..blah the Start Menu freezes for 15 seconds at first then is OK
after that. Running Windows XP SP2 in a corporate environment.
 
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Alan

Spin said:
Hi,

It seems like everytime I boot up my computer, wait for the entire desktop
to load blah..blah the Start Menu freezes for 15 seconds at first then is
OK after that. Running Windows XP SP2 in a corporate environment.
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You haven't asked a question.
 
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Alan

Spin said:
Why does it do that?
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Windows is probably still loading itself and the startup programs you have
installed. Wait for them to load, or remove those you don't need. All those
things to the right of your taskbar need to be installed.
 
P

Phillips

If you're on a corporate intranet, it connects to the network and applies
administrative policies - assuming you have decent hardware and poor
resources are not a hog.
Michael
 
S

Stan Brown

Fri said:
It seems like everytime I boot up my computer, wait for the entire desktop
to load blah..blah the Start Menu freezes for 15 seconds at first then is OK
after that. Running Windows XP SP2 in a corporate environment.
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There may not be anything wrong. (Well, obviously there _is_ an
annoyance, but I mean "wrong" in the sense of "not as designed.")

Windows "boots" and "logs in" to the desktop fairly quickly, but when
you see the desktop Windows isn't ready to run,(*) even when the
cursor isn't an hourglass any more. Basically Microsoft heard the
complaints about slow booting in earlier editions, so it prioritized
the tasks that update the monitor during boot and login. But once you
see your desktop, watch the hard-drive light till it stops
flickering. _That_ is when Windows is actually ready to run.

Since you say this happens only at boot-up, I suspect that's what's
going on.


(*) You may also have programs of your own that run at startup, and
are eating all the Windows CPU cycles. Check your startup
configuration using a good utility like the free Autoruns
<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml>.
 

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