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Long delay before desktop icons load in Vista

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  • Started 6 months ago by cosrocket
  • Latest reply from Lighthouse
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cosrocket
Posts: 46

I'm having an issue with an HP laptop running Windows Vista. It boots fine up until after the Welcome screen, but after that it can take a good 2 minutes or so for the desktop icons and taskbar to appear. All you see is the cursor until the rest loads.I've cleaned out all unnecessary programs and have disabled practically everything in the startup folder and I defragged the drive but nothing makes that part boot faster. Any ideas what can be the problem?

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warlock
warlock
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http://www.howtogeek.com/11338.....ps-tricks/ Did you try this? If so, I am thinking your internet provider connection is slow.

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GuiltySpark
GuiltySpark
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How much Ram do you have ?

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Hermitt
Hermitt
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Sounds like a ram problem to me.
Try this... Mz RAM Booster 4.1
Do Not allow it to install any extras such as tool bars and such.

Jim

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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What A/V are you running ?

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