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desktop stalls

norris · 2009-05-18 07:52:03

hi all quick one for ye. i am running xp and am having a problem when i start up my laptop.it goes to the desktop page with the chosen background (i went back to the default background) and there are no icons on the screen. the mouse is woking and i can get up the task manager but cant find whats wrong. after about 5…

18-05-2009 7:52am

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norris

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hi all

quick one for ye. i am running xp and am having a problem when i start up my laptop.it goes to the desktop page with the chosen background (i went back to the default background) and there are no icons on the screen. the mouse is woking and i can get up the task manager but cant find whats wrong. after about 5 minutes all icons apper and everything is working.

does anyone know what is causing the delay

cheers

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#2 18-05-2009 9:03am

Capt'n Midnight

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could be anything or just everything if you have too much starting up

reboot in safe mode to compare speed

use msconfig to turn off some stuff to see

if only recently happening the run system restore / check for malware

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