Loading "Personal Settings" Very Slowly

[Mike Hassur]

Recently, our computer (which runs Windows XP) takes
forever to get from the "Welcome" screen to the desktop
display. The welcome screen says that it is "Loading
Personal Preferences" during this lag. It takes about 80-
90 seconds before the desktop is displayed. About this
same time, I started getting a lot of pop up ads randomly
displayed on the computer. Anyone have any idea what is
going on? If you have some ideas, what do I try to
resolve the problem? Thanks for any help that you can
give me.

Mike Hassur

[Dan]

Mike:

This is the EXACT behavior I have had over the past few weeks...so, if you get an answer, PLEASE let me know!

Thanks!!

Dan

[Kelly]

Hi Dan,

Check your settings here (Start/Run/Regedit) and verify that explorer.exe is
the only thing listed for Shell:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

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

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Mike:
>
> This is the EXACT behavior I have had over the past few weeks...so, if you
get an answer, PLEASE let me know!
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Dan

[Shell]

I checked my shell, and Explorer.exe is the only thing listed. I also tried running MSconfig and disabling everything (no help) and booting in safe mode. I also did a disk cleanup and a defrag. The behavior still exhibits itself in all cases. Any other
suggestions?

----- Kelly wrote: -----

Hi Dan,

Check your settings here (Start/Run/Regedit) and verify that explorer.exe is
the only thing listed for Shell:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

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

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Mike:
>> This is the EXACT behavior I have had over the past few weeks...so, if you
get an answer, PLEASE let me know!
>> Thanks!!
>> Dan

[Kelly]

Hard to say.....many have relied on Bootvis, however many lean do not. It
won't cause harm.

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

Startup Tracker - Send me the logfile via email
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

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

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Shell" > wrote in message
...
> I checked my shell, and Explorer.exe is the only thing listed. I also
tried running MSconfig and disabling everything (no help) and booting in
safe mode. I also did a disk cleanup and a defrag. The behavior still
exhibits itself in all cases. Any other suggestions?
>
> ----- Kelly wrote: -----
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Check your settings here (Start/Run/Regedit) and verify that
explorer.exe is
> the only thing listed for Shell:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly
>
> MS-MVP Win98/XP
> [AE-Windows® XP]
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
> Utilities for Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
>
>
> "Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Mike:
> >> This is the EXACT behavior I have had over the past few
weeks...so, if you
> get an answer, PLEASE let me know!
> >> Thanks!!
> >> Dan
>
>
>

[Eidur]

Kelly

Bit cheeky but I have the same problem and have spent hours looking for a solution, have a bootvis file output, would you mind taking a look ?

Many thx
Eidur

[Kelly]

Sure, send it over via email.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

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

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Eidur" > wrote in message
...
> Kelly
>
> Bit cheeky but I have the same problem and have spent hours looking for a
solution, have a bootvis file output, would you mind taking a look ?
>
> Many thx
> Eidur