WinXP Pro Hangs at Desktop (Sort Of)

[Dwayne Bent]

I have XP fully updated and the problem is that Windows
starts up fine and goes to the desktop quickly, but if I
try to open Internet Explorer or access the My Computer
properties the busy mouse icon will appear then disappear
and nothing will seem to happen. There are probably other
things that hang like this but I've only seen it with
Internet Explorer and Properties.

Other programs and Windows interfaces function properly
and do not hang. After some time (probably about one
minute) whatever I had tried to open at startup (IE,
Properties) will open and function normally.

At startup I check the process list and I notice that all
the processes running do not have a name under the
column "User Name" but after that minute or so the User
Name (My user name or "System") appear and everything
functions well afterwards.

[Ron Morse]

Sounds like a background processes is trying to load and ties up the
machine until it completes whatever it is doing or times out,
releasing resources back to the system.

Sometimes this is caused by "spy ware" or a trojan program trying to
establish network connections. Make sure the definitions are current
for your anti-virus program and get something like Ad-Aware or
Spybot, Search and Destroy and run them frequently.

You might try:

click on start, then click on run (it will be one of the last
items on the right side of the menu). In the dialouge box
type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and then
click on the "startup" tab and see if there is anything
loading that you don't need or recognize.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:17:58 -0700, "Dwayne Bent"
> wrote:

>I have XP fully updated and the problem is that Windows
>starts up fine and goes to the desktop quickly, but if I
>try to open Internet Explorer or access the My Computer
>properties the busy mouse icon will appear then disappear
>and nothing will seem to happen. There are probably other
>things that hang like this but I've only seen it with
>Internet Explorer and Properties.
>
>Other programs and Windows interfaces function properly
>and do not hang. After some time (probably about one
>minute) whatever I had tried to open at startup (IE,
>Properties) will open and function normally.
>
>At startup I check the process list and I notice that all
>the processes running do not have a name under the
>column "User Name" but after that minute or so the User
>Name (My user name or "System") appear and everything
>functions well afterwards.

[Dwayne Bent]

Thanks for the reply, but this is a new PC I just built,
so there hasn't been much oppurtunity for virii, or
spyware to get on it. But in msconfig I disabled all
startup services and the computer seemed to startup fine
allowing me to get to IE etc. without that werid hang.
The problem is now finding out which of the many services
is causing this.

>-----Original Message-----
>Sounds like a background processes is trying to load and
ties up the
>machine until it completes whatever it is doing or times
out,
>releasing resources back to the system.
>
>Sometimes this is caused by "spy ware" or a trojan
program trying to
>establish network connections. Make sure the
definitions are current
>for your anti-virus program and get something like Ad-
Aware or
>Spybot, Search and Destroy and run them frequently.
>
>You might try:
>
>click on start, then click on run (it will be one of the
last
>items on the right side of the menu). In the dialouge
box
>type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and then
>click on the "startup" tab and see if there is anything
>loading that you don't need or recognize.
>
>On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:17:58 -0700, "Dwayne Bent"
> wrote:
>
>>I have XP fully updated and the problem is that Windows
>>starts up fine and goes to the desktop quickly, but if
I
>>try to open Internet Explorer or access the My Computer
>>properties the busy mouse icon will appear then
disappear
>>and nothing will seem to happen. There are probably
other
>>things that hang like this but I've only seen it with
>>Internet Explorer and Properties.
>>
>>Other programs and Windows interfaces function properly
>>and do not hang. After some time (probably about one
>>minute) whatever I had tried to open at startup (IE,
>>Properties) will open and function normally.
>>
>>At startup I check the process list and I notice that
all
>>the processes running do not have a name under the
>>column "User Name" but after that minute or so the User
>>Name (My user name or "System") appear and everything
>>functions well afterwards.
>
>.
>

[Joseph]

You built the PC If you didnt install the driver for the
Video card first and update before installing the sound
card this will happen. It sounds as if the order in which
you did this is the problem

Joseph Voldeck
Anytime anyplace
>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks for the reply, but this is a new PC I just built,
>so there hasn't been much oppurtunity for virii, or
>spyware to get on it. But in msconfig I disabled all
>startup services and the computer seemed to startup fine
>allowing me to get to IE etc. without that werid hang.
>The problem is now finding out which of the many
services
>is causing this.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Sounds like a background processes is trying to load
and
>ties up the
>>machine until it completes whatever it is doing or
times
>out,
>>releasing resources back to the system.
>>
>>Sometimes this is caused by "spy ware" or a trojan
>program trying to
>>establish network connections. Make sure the
>definitions are current
>>for your anti-virus program and get something like Ad-
>Aware or
>>Spybot, Search and Destroy and run them frequently.
>>
>>You might try:
>>
>>click on start, then click on run (it will be one of
the
>last
>>items on the right side of the menu). In the dialouge
>box
>>type "msconfig" (without the quotes) and then
>>click on the "startup" tab and see if there is anything
>>loading that you don't need or recognize.
>>
>>On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:17:58 -0700, "Dwayne Bent"
> wrote:
>>
>>>I have XP fully updated and the problem is that
Windows
>>>starts up fine and goes to the desktop quickly, but if
>I
>>>try to open Internet Explorer or access the My
Computer
>>>properties the busy mouse icon will appear then
>disappear
>>>and nothing will seem to happen. There are probably
>other
>>>things that hang like this but I've only seen it with
>>>Internet Explorer and Properties.
>>>
>>>Other programs and Windows interfaces function
properly
>>>and do not hang. After some time (probably about one
>>>minute) whatever I had tried to open at startup (IE,
>>>Properties) will open and function normally.
>>>
>>>At startup I check the process list and I notice that
>all
>>>the processes running do not have a name under the
>>>column "User Name" but after that minute or so the
User
>>>Name (My user name or "System") appear and everything
>>>functions well afterwards.
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>