Hi everyone, this is my first post here and I'm in serious need of help. When turning on my PC it takes about 8 minutes to boot up. It goes through the DOS screens at the beginning ok, the windows splashscreen ok and then loads the desktop, showing only the volume icon in the tray at the bottom right of the screen. No icons on my desktop are loaded at this time, but the wallpaper is.
7 minutes later (the clock keeps ticking by whilst its doing nothing) and the rest of the icons appear. In the pause I'm able to click on the start menu and pick a programme, but it won't load up until the system has finished loading the programmes in the bottom right corner.
Is there something I can do to see what the hold up is and correct it? Any help you can give me would be brilliant.
Thanks
Shuck
PS....The icons I have in my tray are as follows:
Volume
AVG free edition
ZoneAlarm Pro
7 minutes later (the clock keeps ticking by whilst its doing nothing) and the rest of the icons appear. In the pause I'm able to click on the start menu and pick a programme, but it won't load up until the system has finished loading the programmes in the bottom right corner.
Is there something I can do to see what the hold up is and correct it? Any help you can give me would be brilliant.
Thanks
Shuck
PS....The icons I have in my tray are as follows:
Volume
AVG free edition
ZoneAlarm Pro