After SP2, XP hangs 1:30 min after login !

[Malescot]

Goodnight everybody,

I've installed SP2 over my XP Pro SP1 + all updates system. The problem I
have is when I start up the computer or when I reboot, I can see the
"Welcome" screen and I can hear the usual start music, but then my computer
shows the wallpaper for at least 1 minute and a half without looking like
working ! Afterwards the icons and the task bar appear, and everything works
perfectly and fast.

In addition, it doesn't hang at all when I exit from hibernation or when I
turn off and on my session. It only happens when I start up or when I reboot

Do you have an idea or a solution ? Have you encountered the same problem ?
Thank you !

MALESCOT
XP Pro (SP2 newly installed)
PIII 1 GHz
1 Go SDRam
Panda Platinum (Antivirus + Firewall) -> SP2 firewall disabled
Geforce FX5200
Plenty of free disk space

[SlowJet]

backup and then do a defrag to order the disk files.
Then re-boot about 3 times 30 min apart.
Then let it run for 24 hour or more, reboot,
let it run 24 hours.
The next reboot should faster - if not before this one.

:)

SJ
>-----Original Message-----
>Goodnight everybody,
>
>I've installed SP2 over my XP Pro SP1 + all updates
system. The problem I
>have is when I start up the computer or when I reboot, I
can see the
>"Welcome" screen and I can hear the usual start music,
but then my computer
>shows the wallpaper for at least 1 minute and a half
without looking like
>working ! Afterwards the icons and the task bar appear,
and everything works
>perfectly and fast.
>
>In addition, it doesn't hang at all when I exit from
hibernation or when I
>turn off and on my session. It only happens when I start
up or when I reboot
>
>Do you have an idea or a solution ? Have you encountered
the same problem ?
>Thank you !
>
>MALESCOT
>XP Pro (SP2 newly installed)
>PIII 1 GHz
>1 Go SDRam
>Panda Platinum (Antivirus + Firewall) -> SP2 firewall
disabled
>Geforce FX5200
>Plenty of free disk space
>
>.
>

[francis gérard]

"Malescot" > wrote in message
...
> Goodnight everybody,
>
> I've installed SP2 over my XP Pro SP1 + all updates system. The problem I
> have is when I start up the computer or when I reboot, I can see the
> "Welcome" screen and I can hear the usual start music, but then my
> computer shows the wallpaper for at least 1 minute and a half without
> looking like working ! Afterwards the icons and the task bar appear, and
> everything works perfectly and fast.
>
> In addition, it doesn't hang at all when I exit from hibernation or when I
> turn off and on my session. It only happens when I start up or when I
> reboot
>
> Do you have an idea or a solution ? Have you encountered the same problem
> ?

check the system event log, see what's happening during that time the
explorer shell is frozen.

i've seen this behaviour on systems that have either wireless and/or 2 or
more NICs installed. the shell is being blocked by an inter-dependent
process during startup, that process eventually times-out waiting for some
event to occur, then the shell continues to load. this is a common issue
with Windows.

tell us more about your network setup... be specific.

--
francis

[Malescot]

> Hi how do you access the event log. I cannot find a file called
> event.log on my computer. My computer always takes about a minute to
> shut down from when I click shutdown.
> Thanks Tricia

I access the event log by control panel / administration tools (only on XP
Pro I believe) / Event log (or Event Observer, if I translate it basically
from my French XP).

Regards,

MALESCOT.

[francis gérard]

"Peter" <0spam0 AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
...
> hmmm Francis...you should have started with "PRINT THIS" !! LOL

hi peter,

yes, i thought of that after i pressed the Post button... but then i figured
that should be obvious, if the information turned-out to be useful,
especially if you're uninstalling the printer drivers.

good point, thanks
--
francis

[Peter]

I'm just glad I didn't get an HP printer!

--
Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
Windows XP Home SP2.
Pentium4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.
"francis gérard" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Peter" <0spam0 AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> ...
>> hmmm Francis...you should have started with "PRINT THIS" !! LOL
>
> hi peter,
>
> yes, i thought of that after i pressed the Post button... but then i
> figured that should be obvious, if the information turned-out to be
> useful, especially if you're uninstalling the printer drivers.
>
> good point, thanks
> --
> francis
>

[francis gérard]

"Peter" <0spam0 AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
...
> I'm just glad I didn't get an HP printer!

as you should be. sloppy installations and poorly coded drivers are a
systemic problem with HP products, i don't understand why they don't
clean-up their act.

--
francis

[francis gérard]

"Mike Matheny" <mikematheny@swbelldotnet> wrote in message
...
> Francis,
> Just where is this 'scrubber/cleanup' software on their site - a search
> revealed nothing!

you couldn't have, in the search box on the lower right corner of
http://hp.com/ type SCRUBBER or CLEANUP, you will find plenty of reference
articles and their associated utilities for cleaning HP drivers and other
junk off the system. obviously the necessity of such a utility speaks to
the fact that HP drivers, particularly the installer software, are a bloody
mess.

anyway, by your interest in the matter, i assume you in fact do have an HP
printer/scanner, so followup with the exact model and i will help you locate
the proper cleanup utility.
--
francis