windows xp hangs at startup after sp2 install

[Pete]

With sp2 installed, windows "hangs" at startup. The
desktop appears and then it takes two to three minutes for
the icons and the taskbar to appear. There is very little
hard drive activity during this time and there is no busy
(hour glass) icon; just the normal pointer.

Event Viewer reports the following:
Source "Service Control Manager"
"The Windows Image Aquisition Service (WIA)hung on startup"

I checked WIA and it is started.

Thanks
Pete

 

[Guest]

Please try some basics ...

Clean Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and other temporary files:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowstempfiles.htm

Check for errors and defragment hard drive:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsharddrive.htm

Clean Windows Startup and hidden Startup:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindowsstartup.htm

Spyware/Virus Removal and Prevention:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm
(Links to online virus scans on the same page)

.... then see this:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm#LongStartup

Good Luck!