I had this problem.

The solution ?
Uninstall norton antivirus if you have it, including all symantec related programs.

Your PC will then boot up very much faster.
Thats from my experience la.

i have this slow network connection icon problem too.
I suspect this is cause by some brand of network card.
My network card is cnet, any 1 of u that face slow network connection icon problem using this card too?
BTW, i try open ie to suft net b4 the network connection icon show up,
and it actually can.

I'm using the nForce4 Ethernet controller and I don't think it's because of the network card model since I never had this problem before until recently. I really think it's from one of the Windows Update causes this. Since I already tried to reformat and reinstall Windows. At first, the problem isn't there, until I update Windows. I'm not sure which update causes this because I update all neccesary updates at once. After restarting the PC, the problem came back...

This post has been edited by x86phre3x: Apr 19 2006, 05:01 PM

then, there will be no any av program??
its fast, but it fast in virus attack as well
jk jk

Agree with this ,i using karpesky n winfox2 too.
Before i update window it still ok but after i update it slowing my startup. Did all those security update really got that " security "?
Because i see one of my friend, he din't update at all (althought got icon show there update download complete) ,so i should not update at all or just don update some certain file?

go to RUN
type "msconfig" without the ""
click startup and untick those program which is not necessary to start up
mayb you could try some program tht offer boot time defrag

i m using registry mechanic isn't ok ? it let me start window very fast but when come to screen need to wait all icon to startup / bootup need some time also~

HELP !

i've been experiencing strange problem with my pc
my pc is very lag even playing mp3 or video
sometime lag till cant play game
the processor 2xxx mhz shown in properties of my computer reduced to only 6xx mhz ... but this only happened once.

i hv 2 harddisks attached. sometime one of them cannot be detect.
i have jz formatted the pc but the same problems come out
is it some sort of defect of hardware or virus problem ?

I think you should open a new thread

I think we should figure out which update causes this. I really don't have time to do that now, currently in my examination week. If you have time, just reformat your PC and install update one by one, restart everytime you install one update, stop until the problem occurs, it must be the last update you install. Share with us the result..

x86phre3x, r u using winxp sp1 or version earlier than sp1?
i am using winxp sp2 and when i 1st install winxp sp2 without updating anything,
the problem already there.
So this mean the update that cause problem is inside sp2?
so troublesome.

I installed Windows XP SP2. Before update, it's ok. After update the latest patch, the problem occurs.

lolz i also in my exam week la, btw i will reformat after exam i think bout end of this month , but need update one by one

Download all the necessary updates from http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html

End of this month sounds good, I'll be finishing on 5th of May maybe after that I'l figure it out (If you haven't done it yet)

Hello friends,

For me when windows getting slow, I will do this check list:

1- Get latest definition update for my ad-aware software and scan my pc. I used Ad-Aware SE Personal software.

2- Get latest definition update for my anti-virus software and scan my pc. I used AVG Free Edition anti virus.

3- Scan my registry with register cleaner. For this I used Registry Mechanic to clean up my registry.

4- The last one, I used CodeStuff Starter to monitor startup programs and services.

Hope this will useful. I'm glad to help. Thanks you.

I just figured out something this morning..

Check it out, these are all updates that i installed and only 2 of them causing problem. The first one causes the slow loading on the network icon + kaspersky and the second one causes my windows freezes doing so (loading on the network icon + kaspersky). Means that the 2nd update causes greater problem. Since I am using XP MCE 2005 SP2(with rollup update 2), i hope that someone can confirm this. Try to uninstall those 2 updates and see if the problem is there. At least, it works for me after I uninstalled those two.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339) - caused problem
Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885836) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888113) - installed and no problem
Update for Windows XP (KB887742) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885835) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885250) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896422) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901214) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896358) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893756) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899591) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899587) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896423) - installed and no problem
Update for Windows XP (KB894391) - installed and no problem
Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool (KB873374) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB902400) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899589) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901017) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905414) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB900725) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896424) - installed and no problem
Update for Windows XP (KB910437) - caused problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB904706) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911927) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB913446) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911562) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP (KB911565) - installed and no problem
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer for Windows XP (KB912812) - installed and no problem

Update :

Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428) - installed and no problem
Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (KB886903) - installed and no problem
WindowsXP Media Center Update Rollup 2 (KB900325) - installed and no problem

This post has been edited by x86phre3x: Apr 22 2006, 03:31 PM

erm.. how to uninstall those patch?

Add/Remove program in ctrl panel, make sure you tick the Show Updates on the top right of the window..

Thanx bro...

Try it and tell me whether it works or not