The date and time was 11/21/2008 5:33 AM, and on a whim, AT and HMB
pounded out on the keyboard:

Thank you Terry for a civilised reply.
The computer is one of several I built from scratch and has been in daily
use for 3years or so.
In retrospect, of course I should have realised it was NOT a Windows problem
and to all those people who have become upset/irate about this I offer my
humble apology. To those who have the time to post insults, I say "get a
life"
Following the useful comments I updated my BIOS with the MSI Live Monitor.
This didn't help.
I will now concentrate on the BIOS area and would appreciate any pointer to
NG or User Group that might be able to help me.
Many thanks again to those who replied constructively.


Be sure to check the options of the Boot Manager. If it's sitting at
the BIOS screen for a long time before proceeding, I would guess the
Boot Manager is causing the delay.

--
Terry R.

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