Windows taking a long time to reach the user logon prompt / desktop?


  1. Mr Davo
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    Windows 7 (XP, by Virtualization)
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    Windows taking a long time to reach the user logon prompt / desktop?


    Hi All,

    I have a Windows 7 laptop which is slow to load into the Desktop. Booting up takes the 'standard' amount of time, and everything progresses normally until the splash screen which has 'Windows 7 Professional' written at the bottom.

    Normally the 'Windows 7 Professional screen' almost instantly brings up the appropriate user account and a password box; however on this particular troubled laptop there is a delay of 30 - 90 seconds before the password entry field is presented.

    I have scanned for viruses (there are none), and installed all available Windows updates, however this has not lead to any improvement.

    To further test the laptop I have created another user account, without a password, and temporarily disabled the original user account. However there is still a substantial delay between the 'W7 Professional' screen and the desktop loading.

    If anybody has any advice on how to overcome this issue it will be greatly appreciated.

    Kind Regards,

    Davo
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  3. Ranger4
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit sp1
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    Do you have a lot of programs that load at start up?.

    Reinstate your original User Name & then post a screen shot of the Start Up tab of System Configuration. This will tell us what gets loaded at Start Up. To find this type, msconfig in the search box after pressing the Start button. When that opens select the Start Up tab.

    Also have a look in Start Up in All Programs to see if there are programs set to load there as well.
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