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[KJ]

I have WIndows XP Home on my PC. When I start the PC and go into my User account, it populates teh desktop quickly. However, the littele icons on the taskbar at the bootom left hand take a while to come. So if click on an application I have to wait a good
4 minutes before it gets started. What can I do to reduce the time taken?

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

See if any of the following applies:

Do you have a broadband connection, if yes, try the following courtesy of
MVP Terri Stratton:
NIC AND SLOW LOADING DESKTOP -

If you're running a DSL modem and have a LAN or high speed connection, try
changing the properties of it.

Go to start> connect to> show all connections>right click on Local Area
connection>scroll down and click on Properties.

Highlight "Internet protocol (TCP/IP)"

Click on properties button>click on the "use the following IP address" radio
button.

Add the following.

IP address:192.168.0.1 (or any in the accepted range)

Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0

Some connections won't allow this, so if you can't get a connection, remove
it.

If the above doesn't apply but you are on a network, go to Start\All
Programs\Accessories and the Command Prompt. At the prompt type "ipconfig"
without the quotes and press enter. Make note of the numbers.

Go to Start\Connect To, select "Show all connections" and select Local Area
Connection. Right click and select properties. Select "Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP)" and click properties, select "Use the following IP address" and
input the appropriate numbers you found earlier. When you exit that box,
the Subnet Mask numbers should input automatically.

Reboot and see if that resolves the issue.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"KJ" > wrote in message
...
>I have WIndows XP Home on my PC. When I start the PC and go into my User
>account, it populates teh desktop quickly. However, the littele icons on
>the taskbar at the bootom left hand take a while to come. So if click on an
>application I have to wait a good 4 minutes before it gets started. What
>can I do to reduce the time taken?

[rich]

CHECK YOUR START UP AND YOUR PROCESSES
"KJ" > wrote in message
...
> I have WIndows XP Home on my PC. When I start the PC and go into my User
account, it populates teh desktop quickly. However, the littele icons on the
taskbar at the bootom left hand take a while to come. So if click on an
application I have to wait a good 4 minutes before it gets started. What can
I do to reduce the time taken?