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windows boot = EXTREMELY LONG

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ok, I recently did a system restore (virtual wifi didn't uninstall properly) and my windows boots fine into login screen. But once I login, it says "loading personal settings" and takes about 3 minutes (no hd or cpu activity) before the screen disappears. Right after that I see my background, and that takes another 2 minutes (again no hd or cpu activity) before I see my icons.

What the hell is wrong?

I have already tried defrag and bootvis, but nothing works. BTW I barely formatted this morning.

Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83
2 200GB (not running raid) 7200rpm IDE ATA hard drives
2x1GB DDR2 533 ram
ASROCK 775DUAL-VSTA mobo
 
try disabling the Plug and Play service in msconfig as it sometimes does these things. why don't you just reinstall? sounds bad.
 
make a new user account, log in to it, logout of it, reboot, log in to it again.

if a new user works fine, then core windows is possibly ok.
 
Originally posted by: ForumMaster
try disabling the Plug and Play service in msconfig as it sometimes does these things. why don't you just reinstall? sounds bad.
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doesn't work, still happens...and I just finished reinstalling everything yesterday morning. so reinstalling would be a pain.

Originally posted by: nova2
make a new user account, log in to it, logout of it, reboot, log in to it again.

if a new user works fine, then core windows is possibly ok.
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nope, this only happens once during the first user login (regardless of who's login it is).




I have figured out the problem but need a solution:

When I unplugged my wireless USB right before windows began booting, logging in was easy.
When I left it in the USB, this problem occurs.

How do I get rid of it? Reinstall drivers?

 
Sigh.... Big hint folks, disabling Wireless speeds it up. It sure sounds like the machine is trying to connect to something that is not there. After the long wait, everything is fine, right? That indicates a network timeout delay (or a USB device delay too).

Things I would try: AV/Malware scan; reset IP; check wireless connection (are you sure you are on yours and not your neighbors at startup); If you had any peer-to-peer software, uninstall it; If you had a local share to a printer or network drive, break it.; verify any USB devices are on or off.

MS kb on IP reset
 
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