Windows 7 takes unusual time to load and shutdown.

Hello for some reason windows takes forever to load and shutdown before I reinstall windows I thought someone may know my problem. My computer loads and boots to the signup screen in like 5 seconds. But when I log into windows it takes about 1 minute or so for everything to load. I can see the desktop and icons but if I click on an icon or try opening a program it doesn't work or freezes. It didn't use to do this I dont have that much on my computer. 600GB of a 1 terabyte hardrive is all I have installed. I used to actually have 900GB of random junk on this computer and it windows would load no problem. My specs are: Intel i5-3450 @3.10Ghz , 8GB of RAM , and a NVIDIA GT 640. Oh I also have a terabyte hardrive wich I mentioned.

Jacee said:

You can see what's running at startup with 'Autoruns'. Read this Autoruns for Windows

Just wondering how does this help?

In addition establish a Clean Boot and then the rest of the Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7.

To see a graphic map of what is loading and when during Startup, install Soluto – Anti-Frustration Software .

Report back as you go and we may have other steps to add.