startup hangup

[whenyournex2me]

So now... never before have I experienced this but when i restart or turn on the machine, when I put in my password, and windows loads, usually within that 5-15 seconds, everything loads. But it seems my network icon in the taskbar notifications area, cycles, gets stuck and takes 1-5 minutes sometimes, before the rest of explorer loads.

I have no ideas, would appreciate any tips or ideas.

System specs

i5 6600k
asus maximus 8 ranger z170
16 gig ddr4 dominator platnum 3000
pny ssd sata3 250 gig system drive
evga 960 ftw 4 gig
evga 850 watt ps

Im running win 7 pro 64 bit with a genuine activation.
I had troubles with the updates and such but got all of them to install.
I also got the missing .dll error taken care of, reinstalling stuff.

The reason I reinstalled windows was because I wasnt getting the updates and I thought maybe cause I selected install important updates only... that maybe that would have something to do with it. and it was the issue I was having using a hack for a game... the hack needs all the security updates from the OS to function properly. sigh.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Nice build
Important only well we all have our updates list to exclude
These are the only ones I've personally excluded


Can you show us you disk setup
Disk Management - Post a Screen Capture Image

Use Clean boot,
Troubleshoot Application Conflicts by Performing a Clean Startup
Click Start and type in the search box,
msconfig
Click on the suggestion on top or hit the Enter key,
Go to the Startup section and take some screen shots for a complete list,
Go to the Services section and on the bottom left Check the box to Hide All Microsoft services,
Repeat the screen shots,
See the links above my signature on how to take and upload screen shots here,