Guest ahof Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 On my home PC when I startup XP, right before the desktop loads and the icons populate my computer just sits there for over a minute on a blank desktop background. There is little to no HD activity while it's sitting there. I've found that if I press ESC while it's sitting there, it continues immediately and loads windows normally. I cannot even bring up the task mgr with Ctrl+Shift+ESC while it's hanging there. I have not noticed any unusual startup programs. Any idea what could be causing this or how I can troubleshoot it?
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Re: Startup sits at blank desktop screen -- continues when I press ESC What do you mean "unusual startup programs"? Try a Clean Boot diagnostic startup. Start>Run>MSCONFIG <enter> Choose Selective Startup. Uncheck Load Startup Items, then click on services tab, put a check mark in the box at lower left that "Hides Microsoft Services", then click the Disable all button, click OK and restart when prompted. While it restarts, physically disconnect the system from the network you're on or otherwise make certain you have no internet connection. Does the problem still exist when you boot up? If so, use MSCONFIG to restore a Normal startup and reboot, reconnect, etc., and report back. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "ahof" <ahof@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:20378D37-672B-40C1-9EE7-D859DF94E033@microsoft.com... > On my home PC when I startup XP, right before the desktop loads and the > icons > populate my computer just sits there for over a minute on a blank desktop > background. There is little to no HD activity while it's sitting there. > I've found that if I press ESC while it's sitting there, it continues > immediately and loads windows normally. I cannot even bring up the task > mgr > with Ctrl+Shift+ESC while it's hanging there. I have not noticed any > unusual > startup programs. Any idea what could be causing this or how I can > troubleshoot it?
Guest Plato Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Re: Startup sits at blank desktop screen -- continues when I press ESC =?Utf-8?B?YWhvZg==?= wrote: > > On my home PC when I startup XP, right before the desktop loads and the icons > populate my computer just sits there for over a minute on a blank desktop > background. There is little to no HD activity while it's sitting there. > I've found that if I press ESC while it's sitting there, it continues > immediately and loads windows normally. I cannot even bring up the task mgr > with Ctrl+Shift+ESC while it's hanging there. I have not noticed any unusual > startup programs. Any idea what could be causing this or how I can > troubleshoot it? Disconnect any usb device you are not using, and/or once it boots, uninstall any usb device you no longer use. As win may be looking for it, eg, even an old printer you no longer have. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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