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    Windows XP Stalls After Login

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by SmoothTofu, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    I'm currently using a Toshiba A200 laptop and my Windows XP is spyware-free, but I have issues when logging in after bootup. Everything loads nice and fast, but once I enter my password my laptop sits there for 1-5 minutes without any hard disk activity before it finally decides to continue logging in. What could be the reason for this stall?
     
    SmoothTofu, Apr 25, 2009
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  2. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    I've seen that happen when windows tries to connect to certain network devices that don't respond.
    Does anything in event viewer show a hint?
    Does it happen if you use a different user profile?
     
    goofball, Apr 25, 2009
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    what kind of Internet Security Suite are you using?

    and did you make sure your HDD is free or bad sectors?
     
    Gophn, Apr 25, 2009
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  4. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    download a program called bootvis by microsoft. Use it to log the time it takes for each driver to load. There's a high chance that a driver failed to load and hanged at startup thus causing those symptoms. With bootvis you can find the failed driver and reinstall or uninstall them to solve the problem.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 25, 2009
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