Delay in loading Desktop after login

[Jonathan Creaton]

>-----Original Message-----
> have bought a DELL Latitude notebook 6 months ago with
>Windows XP Professional pre-installed. For the past 2
>months, I have been facing the following problem with
the
>operating system:
>
>1) When starting Windows in the office profile and after
I
>enter my user id and password, Windows does not show any
>icon or start anything for 2-3 minutes. After that I
can
>work ok.
>
>2)When working at home (different profile from before)
and
>after I enter my user id and password, I get the icons
and
>the desktop immediately but if I start Windows Explorer
or
>MS Outlook, it takes 2-3 minutes for any program to
>start. During this time the processor utilization (in
>task manager) is normal.
>
>3)Overall, the computer has become very slow. It is a
P4
>Mobile 1.7MHz with 256MB RAM.
>
>I tried to check the startup programs and delete any
>unnecessary programs upon startup but that did not help
in
>anything. I also did a disk defrag and deleted all
cookies
>and temporary internet files. Nothing helped so far.
>
>This is becoming very annoying for me. Can you please
>advise any solutions to these problems?
>
>
>
>
>.I have had a similar problem with everything slowing to
a snail's pace. I went into msconfig and by process of
elimination found that unchecking "windows image
aquisition" solves the problem. Norman Virus control
also takes time to load and can delay things.
>

[Unknown]

There was a MS update, 811493, that caused computer slowdowns. This problem
has been resolved by a new version of 811493. Try updating your computer via
MS.
"Jonathan Creaton" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> > have bought a DELL Latitude notebook 6 months ago with
> >Windows XP Professional pre-installed. For the past 2
> >months, I have been facing the following problem with
> the
> >operating system:
> >
> >1) When starting Windows in the office profile and after
> I
> >enter my user id and password, Windows does not show any
> >icon or start anything for 2-3 minutes. After that I
> can
> >work ok.
> >
> >2)When working at home (different profile from before)
> and
> >after I enter my user id and password, I get the icons
> and
> >the desktop immediately but if I start Windows Explorer
> or
> >MS Outlook, it takes 2-3 minutes for any program to
> >start. During this time the processor utilization (in
> >task manager) is normal.
> >
> >3)Overall, the computer has become very slow. It is a
> P4
> >Mobile 1.7MHz with 256MB RAM.
> >
> >I tried to check the startup programs and delete any
> >unnecessary programs upon startup but that did not help
> in
> >anything. I also did a disk defrag and deleted all
> cookies
> >and temporary internet files. Nothing helped so far.
> >
> >This is becoming very annoying for me. Can you please
> >advise any solutions to these problems?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >.I have had a similar problem with everything slowing to
> a snail's pace. I went into msconfig and by process of
> elimination found that unchecking "windows image
> aquisition" solves the problem. Norman Virus control
> also takes time to load and can delay things.
> >