Lag on "Welcome..." Screen

Oh really? Cool! I'll give all this a go when i get home and post up results!

Thanks all

Ok, home now :)

Just checked the Event Log first (via a link from Performance Information & Tools, Advanced Tools).

These four things popped up under Boot Performance Monitoring;

Error;
Windows has started up:
Boot Duration : 150098ms
IsDegradation : true
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎06‎-‎19T16:47:12.609200000Z

Critical;
Application of user policy caused a slow down in the system start up process:
Name : PreShellInit
Total Time : 83363ms
Degradation Time : 79363ms
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎06‎-‎19T16:47:12.609200000Z

Warning;
This application took longer than usual to start up, resulting in a performance degradation in the system startup process:
File Name : wmpnetwk.exe
Friendly Name : Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service
Version : 12.0.7100.0 (winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
Total Time : 11781ms
Degradation Time : 6781ms
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎06‎-‎19T16:47:12.609200000Z

Warning;
Application of machine policy caused a slow down in the system start up process:
Name : MachinePolicyApplication
Total Time : 1054ms
Degradation Time : 793ms
Incident Time (UTC) : ‎2009‎-‎06‎-‎19T16:47:12.609200000Z


Any idea what i should do?

I think the PreShellInit one is the main culprit... 79 seconds delay!!

Ok, update;

Removed my Anti-Virus program, have nothing installed atm. No difference.
Disabled Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service. No difference.

Cant find out anything about PreShellInit. Im sure this is the problem.

Whoop!! Fixed

Turned out to be my nForce motherboard drivers! I installed the latest ones before the update as setup recommended a new SATA RAID driver. It seems that it kindly reverted them back to default Windows ones, which were obviously crap lol! Back to normal now

Thanks to all for the help!

Yea me too lol!

Now to fixing my start menu lol!

My welcome screen takes ages then the desktop comes with no icons then after 20 seconds it appears. I use fences btw and i've just done a clean install plus my AV is up to date. Please help me!!!!