Re: Boot-up peculiarity

I can't do that with any ease, JS, because I'm a one-
user system, and it goes automatically thru a sky-blue
"Loading whatever...." screen and then the wallpaper
appears, followed by the icons. Want to clue me as to
how to set it up so that I actually log on?
Bill L.

JS wrote:
Try this and see if the problem still occurs:
Boot to the point to were you reach the logon screen, do not enter your password but wait until all disk activity has stopped and you only see a single small blip for hard disk activity about once every 5 to 10 seconds. Now enter your password and watch to see if things load with out the problem occurring. Let me know what your results are.

JS

"William B. Lurie" <billurie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uLZV94bqHHA.500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not what I consider a lot, JS....about 35 icons, and
they refresh quickly. I've had more icons, haven't changed
them at all, and this phenomenon is new and consistent.
WBL

JS wrote:
Do you have a large number of icons on your desktop and if so have you noticed they are slow to display or refresh?

JS

"William B. Lurie" <billurie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%234$bmCXqHHA.4520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My XP system has developed a new quirk during boot-up.
Everything acts normally up to the point where all the
icons appear as underdeveloped and then fill in with
their identities. The next step, always, and I'm used
to it, is that Norton Protection Center goes through its
checking and announced all is well in the toolbar.

Now the screen goes blank, black, for maybe 5 or 6 seconds,
and comes right back, and boot-up is complete. This is new
and I don't like it.

No, I haven't installed anything new lately (except maybe a
few routine Windows Update non-critical updates), and, yes,
I've done complete virus checks and SpyBot and AdAware and
Defrag and ChkDsk/R and everything comes up clean.

Maybe it ain't broke and I don't have to fix it.......but
has anybody a clue as to why this is, and how do I get rid
it?

Thanks................

Bill Lurie

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