Microsoft Service Causing Permanent "Spinning Wheel" Cursor

[davidkain]

Hi there,

I recently migrated my OS to an SSD using Samsung's included migration software. After the migration, everything worked great except that I now have the "thinking" mouse cursor permanently, starting about 15 seconds after startup.

I stopped all services and the spinning wheel went away, so I narrowed it down to one of those (and further to one of the many "Microsoft" services), but I can't for the life of me figure out which one. Is there a way to repair them all without doing a full windows reinstall? Or, is there another option I'm not aware of?

Appreciate any help/advice!

 

[Hacb]

disable one service at a time until the circle goes away, it may take a while but you will get tere in the end.

 

[Layback Bear]

I seriously doubt it is Microsoft Services causing this problem.
I would check NON Microsoft Services.

 

[davidkain]

Thanks for replying!

Layback Bear

I seriously doubt it is Microsoft Services causing this problem.
I would check NON Microsoft Services.

I disabled all non-Microsoft Services, leaving only MS services active, and the spinning wheel continues.

Hacb

disable one service at a time until the circle goes away, it may take a while but you will get tere in the end.

I tried this once before, but a few I wasn't able to stop. I suspect it's one of those.

Once I do identify the culprit, how do I repair the faulty service? I'm assuming if I was unable to stop it before, it's important.

 

[Layback Bear]

Please post these from your computer.





It could also be hiding in M/S Services. Take a look. Sometime bad things will plant themselves in M/S Services.

 

[Alejandro85]

It's likely not a service at all. Services are programs specifically designed to have NO interaction with the user, changing the pointer is clearly a problem for them. Since Vista, that restriction is much more enforced than in earlier versions.

I would look first in startup programs, both in registry and start menu. I think something bad may be hiding there.

 

[davidkain]

Hi Layback Bear,

Here are the screencaps you mentioned. All disabled, but the spinning wheel spins on.

Also have an imgur album link here in case the below don't work: services troubleshoot - 20150814 - Album on Imgur

I didn't see anything that looks off in the MS services, but I'm also not entirely sure what look out for.

Thank you!

 

[davidkain]

In case it's also helpful, here's a set of screencaps from the services menu: Services menu - 20150814 - Album on Imgur

 

[Layback Bear]

This little tutorial by Brink could show you what is causing your 15 sec delay.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html

I and many other members will not go off site to see information.
Please post using the forums methods so I can see things.
Others may or may not agree with my request.

services menu: Services menu - 20150814 - Album on Imgur is a NO GO for me.

 

[davidkain]

Layback Bear

I and many other members will not go off site to see information.
Please post using the forums methods so I can see things.
Others may or may not agree with my request.

services menu: Services menu - 20150814 - Album on Imgur is a NO GO for me.

Makes sense to me, apologies for posting the outside link. Here are the images from that album:

This little tutorial by Brink could show you what is causing your 15 sec delay.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...n-startup.html

Thanks! I will try this and report back.

Thanks again for taking the time to help me.

 

[davidkain]

No luck with Brink's guide, unfortunately. I followed his instructions to perform a clean startup, but the spinning mouse remains.

I also tried starting up with all services enabled (on a lark). No luck there either.