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2 minute delay after entering password, ok in safe mode
Hi,
On a second hand HP Z820 workstation, running Windows 7 Pro x64, I have this problem:
1/after entering my password, I have a consistent 30 seconds delay
2/ then the screen goes to black (if I have a background image), or solid desktop color (if I have a solid color set as the bg) for consistently 70 seconds.
None of those happen when I boot in safe mode.
I don't have much installed on this workstation; just two rendering applications, I don't even plan to give it a network access or install anything else besides Houdini, so no A/V. I just want the raw power of the machine. I have a feeling that this delay after login may be caused by something defective, and I certainly don't want this workstation to spend CPU cycles on something else that what it's supposed to do.
So, can you suggest a method to find what is causing these problems ?
Thanks.