Windows 7: Login Screen Delay?

I put Windows 7 on my Dell XPS m1330 last month because I was so sick and tired of Vista. It's been running great! But all of a sudden last week I have this problem with the logon screen. If I "lock" my computer, or turn it on from sleeping, the Windows 7 login background pops up, but it takes a good thirty seconds to a minute for my account picture to pop up with the password blank under it. I do not have ton of stuff running that would bog it down, no more than I had a while ago... It's really aggravating and I can't find any info online about this. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Did it do this before?, as in straight after you installed W7?

Enzo.

Hey, thanks for the quick response. No, it did not do this right after installing W7. It had been great, I had zero complaints about W7, this all started about a week ago and I've been running W7 for over a month now.

Uhmm, thinking it could be a newly installed software?, or its drivers holding it up..

Enzo.

In start menu search box, type eventvwr and click the app that shows up. Now look in windows logs for any errors or related issues.

I think it might be the fingerprint reader software causing the delay. I just installed the new McAfee and had to restart, and when I finally logged in I got an error message from the fingerprint reader software. I'm installing their latest software suite that supports W7 and hopefully that will help. Thanks!

Ahh ok, i havent installed my fingerprint reader software because im the only user of my laptop and it barely ever leaves my house/my sight..
Enzo.

Yep. That was it. I can't believe it took me this long to figure it out. Not sure why it decided to stop working three weeks after getting W7 either... I got the new software but the hardware doesn't seem to be compatible yet. At least the delay is gone...

What type are you running as in X86 or X64?

Enzo.

Sorry, I am clueless. x64 as in 64 bit? But what's x86? My computer is 32-bit, I know that much... haha.