SOLUTION WAS FOUND

[Murray]

I had posted my problem on numerous occasions without
receiving a satisfactory explanation. The problem is
solved.

Upon bootup the taskbar would come up and there would be
variable delays (sometimes minutes) before it would be
populated with it's icons.

I had a 2nd hard drive in my computer which was failing.
When it finally failed, I removed it. Performance was
much better. I then used OptimizerXP, but I'm sure many
similar programs would work. My computer is now perfect
again.

I hope that some of you gurus out there will add this to
your data base so that others with this problem can be
helped.

[Alan]

Mazel Tov!! :>

Alan

"Murray" > wrote in message
...
> I had posted my problem on numerous occasions without
> receiving a satisfactory explanation. The problem is
> solved.
>
> Upon bootup the taskbar would come up and there would be
> variable delays (sometimes minutes) before it would be
> populated with it's icons.
>
> I had a 2nd hard drive in my computer which was failing.
> When it finally failed, I removed it. Performance was
> much better. I then used OptimizerXP, but I'm sure many
> similar programs would work. My computer is now perfect
> again.
>
> I hope that some of you gurus out there will add this to
> your data base so that others with this problem can be
> helped.

[Murray]

Thanks for the Mazel Tov. I know that there where others
out their osting this problem and I hope someone will be
able to help.



>-----Original Message-----
>Mazel Tov!! :>
>
> Alan
>
>"Murray" > wrote in
message
...
>> I had posted my problem on numerous occasions without
>> receiving a satisfactory explanation. The problem is
>> solved.
>>
>> Upon bootup the taskbar would come up and there would
be
>> variable delays (sometimes minutes) before it would be
>> populated with it's icons.
>>
>> I had a 2nd hard drive in my computer which was
failing.
>> When it finally failed, I removed it. Performance was
>> much better. I then used OptimizerXP, but I'm sure
many
>> similar programs would work. My computer is now
perfect
>> again.
>>
>> I hope that some of you gurus out there will add this
to
>> your data base so that others with this problem can be
>> helped.
>
>
>.
>

[Kelly]

Had you tried Bootvis first?

BootVis - Performance Trace Visualization Tool (Line 113)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

And/or go to Start/Run and paste this line in:
rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Doug's Windows XP Security Console
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm


"Murray" > wrote in message
...
> I had posted my problem on numerous occasions without
> receiving a satisfactory explanation. The problem is
> solved.
>
> Upon bootup the taskbar would come up and there would be
> variable delays (sometimes minutes) before it would be
> populated with it's icons.
>
> I had a 2nd hard drive in my computer which was failing.
> When it finally failed, I removed it. Performance was
> much better. I then used OptimizerXP, but I'm sure many
> similar programs would work. My computer is now perfect
> again.
>
> I hope that some of you gurus out there will add this to
> your data base so that others with this problem can be
> helped.

Yes I had tried bootvis

>-----Original Message-----
>Had you tried Bootvis first?
>
>BootVis - Performance Trace Visualization Tool (Line 113)
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
>And/or go to Start/Run and paste this line in:
>rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks
>
>--=20
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>
>MS-MVP Win98/XP
>[AE-Windows=AE XP]
>
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
>Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification=20
Area
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
>Doug's Windows XP Security Console
>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>
>
>"Murray" > wrote in=20
message
...
>> I had posted my problem on numerous occasions without
>> receiving a satisfactory explanation. The problem is
>> solved.
>>
>> Upon bootup the taskbar would come up and there would=20
be
>> variable delays (sometimes minutes) before it would be
>> populated with it's icons.
>>
>> I had a 2nd hard drive in my computer which was=20
failing.
>> When it finally failed, I removed it. Performance was
>> much better. I then used OptimizerXP, but I'm sure=20
many
>> similar programs would work. My computer is now=20
perfect
>> again.
>>
>> I hope that some of you gurus out there will add this=20
to
>> your data base so that others with this problem can be
>> helped.
>
>.
>