Re: PROs!!! I need some help!..

On 9/11/2007 8:20 PM On a whim, rAgAv pounded out on the keyboard

hi,

I've got a really weird problem. Whenever my windows gets logged on, I
have to wait till all the programs start up before I use my mouse to
click on something. If I click on some part of the screen, say the
task bar, before all the programs start up, I can't use the task bar
till I re-log in. The task bar functions properly but doesn't respond
to mouse or keyboard input.

What is wrong here?

I tried scanning for viruses and spywares in safe mode. It was clean.

I thought that the problem might be in one of the start up programs.
so I used MSCONFIG to check out the start up programs. The following
were the only ones that I don't know the purpose for:-

CFTMON.exe in windows folder.
ALCMTR
RTHDCPL

Can any of you tell me what the problem might be?

Regards.
--
rAgAv


Hi Ragav,

The 2nd & 3rd files are Realtek files, not malware. How much RAM do you have on your system? I have client machines that do the same thing and they only have 256 meg of RAM.

If you wait long enough, then everything is fine? If so, it sounds like your system is bogging down loading everything. Try starting up in Safe Mode and see how long it takes (reboot, press F8 continuously after the 1st screen until you get a menu, then select Safe Mode).

What AV software are you using? What CPU & speed? Hard drive speed, 5,400 or 7,200? Least expensive performance boost many times is more RAM.

--
Terry R.

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