Solved Windows 7 takes 20 to 30 seconds after Please Wait screen

[khurramhkhan]

Hello all,

Can someone help me figure out a problem my Windows 7 has while loading user credentials thumbnail? Lately it has been taking good 20 to 30 seconds right after the Please Wait screen to load all user credentials thumbnails! And even if after clicking a thumbnail, it takes about 5+ seconds to display password box. I have tried googling this issue but so far no luck.

Any suggestion or advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Khurram

 

[codekiddy]

this problem may be cos you have a lot of startup programs turned on, also unnesecary services etc...

press start and type msconig and press enter.
select startup tab and click disable all button or manulay uncheck items.
now select services tab and check hide all microsoft services checkbox then click disable all button.
select boot tab and type number 3 into Timeout box and press OK

press start and type disk cleanup and enter.
when disk cleanup tool analyzes your drive check all the checkboxes and
clean up you C: partion (where windows is installed) using this tool.

goto C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp (change Admin with your username)
empty whole temp folder by selecting all files and folder and delete them.

finaly empty your recycle bin and restart computer.
see what changes you've achived and post the results.

also you may full scan your comp with Antivirs and defrag HD using defragmenter(start>defrag>enter)

after all these steps your may update windows and restart again.

cheers.

 

[khurramhkhan]

Thank you for your reply.

My friend I did try what you all suggested but the problem is that i can't disable all startup programs in msconfig because my laptop may not function properly. The thing is that my laptop is HP Probook4530s and it comes loaded with several HP software for instance HP Power Assistant and more, like bluetooth software.. so I can't just disable them blindly.

I did do diskfragment before even posting this thread here and I also did diskcleanup. I also deleted temp folder files and recycle bin files. But still no luck. There is something else wrong here which I just can't figure out. Any other advice you may have for me, please share.

Thanks.
Khurram

 

[Britton30]

You may safely disable all Startup items except your Anti Virus/Security software. The HP startup items are mostly bloat for which Windows has the equivalent for any way. HP power asst, Blue Tooth, etc can still be started from your All Programs menu anytime you really need them. Just because it's out of the startup doesn't mean it's disabled in any way.

 

[khurramhkhan]

Thank you for your reply Britton, but it didn't work at all. I disabled all HP software only which were running and no other because I didn't know really if I could. And I didn't notice a change at all. And these software were there when I got this laptop and it used to perform really good but now I think since I have had so many Windows updates installed, which might have done something that slowed it down.

And now when I provide admin password to run something as an admin, even the password interface takes too long to submit after clicking on Yes. These two issues seem to be linked with each other.

Any other advice?

Thanks

 

[cyclic]

As you say originally this is "lately" so could you restore to a time when things appeared ok ?

 

[Britton30]

If you haven't yet, try running security scans with the 3 programs I have links for in my sig, full ones after updating definitions.

 

[khurramhkhan]

Hi Britton,

I don't see any signature of yours containing links. Can you provide to me links by replying to this message here?

Thanks

 

[khurramhkhan]

Now I see your links Britton for some odd reason they weren't appearing before. I will try them out to see if that helps.

Thanks.

 

[Palindari]

I was having a similar problem, but it was my hard drive crapping out on me. Toshiba laptops come with a 3d visualizer of your drive spinning. Mine looked like it was coming off a three day bender from a Tijuana bachelor party. Wobbly as all hell.

Would literally take a minute or more to load the user screen and once in sometimes as much as 5 mins before I could even open a program!

 

[atif4all]

Dear Khurrum............

this is because a program is still hanging in windows shell.....
some time ago i am also facing that problem.... and solve it successfully..........

 

[khurramhkhan]

Dear Khurrum............

this is because a program is still hanging in windows shell.....
some time ago i am also facing that problem.... and solve it successfully..........

Thanks for your reply, would you mind sharing with me the details of which process it was or how you solved the problem? Because I have tried tools like MalwareBytes-Antimalware, Microsoft Security Essentials and CCleaner which were recommended by one of the members of this forum but so far no luck . So please share the details as to how you solved it.

Thanks
Khurram

 

[Layback Bear]

this problem may be cos you have a lot of startup programs turned on, also unnesecary services etc...

press start and type msconig and press enter.
select startup tab and click disable all button or manulay uncheck items.
now select services tab and check hide all microsoft services checkbox then click disable all button.
select boot tab and type number 3 into Timeout box and press OK

press start and type disk cleanup and enter.
when disk cleanup tool analyzes your drive check all the checkboxes and
clean up you C: partion (where windows is installed) using this tool.

goto C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp (change Admin with your username)
empty whole temp folder by selecting all files and folder and delete them.

finaly empty your recycle bin and restart computer.
see what changes you've achived and post the results.

also you may full scan your comp with Antivirs and defrag HD using defragmenter(start>defrag>enter)

after all these steps your may update windows and restart again.

cheers.

I recommend doing this. When you do this it doesn't mean these programs don't start when needed. It means they don't start until needed. They will work fine.

 

[khurramhkhan]

this problem may be cos you have a lot of startup programs turned on, also unnesecary services etc...

press start and type msconig and press enter.
select startup tab and click disable all button or manulay uncheck items.
now select services tab and check hide all microsoft services checkbox then click disable all button.
select boot tab and type number 3 into Timeout box and press OK

press start and type disk cleanup and enter.
when disk cleanup tool analyzes your drive check all the checkboxes and
clean up you C: partion (where windows is installed) using this tool.

goto C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp (change Admin with your username)
empty whole temp folder by selecting all files and folder and delete them.

finaly empty your recycle bin and restart computer.
see what changes you've achived and post the results.

also you may full scan your comp with Antivirs and defrag HD using defragmenter(start>defrag>enter)

after all these steps your may update windows and restart again.

cheers.

I recommend doing this. When you do this it doesn't mean these programs don't start when needed. It means they don't start until needed. They will work fine.

I have already done that and it didn't help as I mentioned earlier in the thread, I am not sure why you felt the need to repost this.

Regards,
Khurram

 

[Layback Bear]

You post # 3 gave me the impression that on advice of your friend you couldn't or wouldn't do completely as post #2 recommended.
Have a nice day.

 

[khurramhkhan]

You post # 3 gave me the impression that on advice of your friend you couldn't or wouldn't do completely as post #2 recommended.
Have a nice day.

Yes I didn't disable every single software that was there but I did all of the ones that came with the machine from the HP and few others too which I thought were installed later and could be disabled. The reason is that it seemed too risky for me to disable all of them blindly. I disabled the HP software based on the advice of one member in the thread saying that Windows 7 had all the drivers to cover for them so that made sense and I did that. Although it did cause a small issue, the laptop was still functional and it wasn't unusable.

I appreciate all the replies so far but there is some more needed and one of the members in the thread mentioned he had the same issue and he resolved it but he didn't share the details so I am waiting for him to reply.

Khurram

 

[Britton30]

As has been said you can safely disable everything in your startup tab except for your security programs. this is a test and a test only. Try it. If it helps, re-enable one startup at a time and see if the issues returns, then you have the culprit, if indeed it is one of them.

 

[khurramhkhan]

As has been said you can safely disable everything in your startup tab except for your security programs. this is a test and a test only. Try it. If it helps, re-enable one startup at a time and see if the issues returns, then you have the culprit, if indeed it is one of them.

The problem has been resolved but not by DISABLING all of them but ENABLING all of them instead. I might have disabled some software that was needed I suppose which put in the delay somehow. I am not sure exactly what software that might have been.

Alright thanks to everyone who shared with me their advices/suggestions.

Khurram

 

[legacy7955]

The problem has been resolved but not by DISABLING all of them but ENABLING all of them instead. I might have disabled some software that was needed I suppose which put in the delay somehow. I am not sure exactly what software that might have been.

Alright thanks to everyone who shared with me their advices/suggestions.

Khurram

I'm no expert BUT some PCs like HP products and some others have proprietary programs that are very intertwined with Windows OS and disabling them can actually cause delays. One that stands out is the HP PC health check up.