Re: "Microsoft Corporation" rectangle at startup on my desktop....

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"Octavio" <inquirer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:73258E93-8DB1-43AD-9082-66C48F754411@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sometimes when I start my computer with Vista Ultimate, the "Microsoft Corporation" rectangle that appears on my desktop refuses to disappears and stays there on and on indefinitely (it is the thing rectangle with the dashed vertical lines inside it that move from left to right, and the rectangle has underneath it written the words "Microsoft Corporation").

Most of the times, under normal circumstances, the rectangle stays there a little while and then disappears to give way to my normal desktop window.

But on the occasions when it stays there, with the vertical lines moving and without disappearing, what I then do is turn off the computer and then after a little while I turn it on again. Then I get the (DOS?) window with the options asking me if I want to start the computer in "safe mode", which I accept and enter and then the computer starts normally this time.

This does not happens every time when I start, but it does happens occasionally to say that it is becoming annoying. I have been noticing this for about two months or so.

What is the reason for this?

Any way to avoid it or remedy it? (it is related to any of the Windows Updates? I think that I began to notice it after one of the Updates, but I am not positive about this assumption of mine).

Thanks in advance.

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