Hour Glass pause after logingOn to windows...

[C2GUICOBOL]

Hello,

I need your kind help with this problem. I am using a
windows 2000 professional box (Compaq Presario Desktop),
its a standalone machine with all the updates and all the
service packs and fixes. works like a Charm with no problem
at all. However, in the past three weeks, after bootingUp and logingOn with my Administrator account password as
usual, I get the deskTop image with all the icons on it,
and the status bar with the start Button at the buttom of
the screen. Now, if I try to click the start Button, the
mouse is an hour glass and the computer is not responsive.

I removed all the startUp programs from the startup folder,
but it did not change any thing with this problem at all.
if I press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and logOff and logOn again, the
problem will disapprear and I do not get the Hour glass,
and the machine works just fine again. Weird.

I ran ScanDisk program from a DOS prompt with a startUp
flopy Disk, no problems with the hardDrive whatsoever.

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[ta3jbm]

You can try looking in the registry for anything unusual under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

 

[jimp56]

i just had the same problem with a domain computer - it was timing out looking for network drives/resources that werent available. when logging into the domain instead of locally, it started immediately. so maybe check for any network/peer computer drive or printer mappings that are no longer valid and delete them. also take a look in event viewer for any timeout messages or services errors.