I am also having this problem, still finding out what happens to my PC. In my case, the two program that loads forever is the network connection and Kaspersky Personal Pro icon in system tray. Tried to disable Kaspersky, uninstall/disable, reinstall File & Printer Sharing, do registry tweak to disable read schedule task on remote comp, reinstall LAN driver but still no go. Anyone got any idea, please help...

It's not that my computer is slow. It's just the startup problem. The computer is like establishing something before enabling network connection. That's the problem. I need to know what is my computer is doing so that I can turn it off to make it boot faster. And I don't really think it's related to kaspersky at all since raymond5105 is also having the same problem but without kaspersky...

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

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..

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

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)

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

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

Try it and tell me whether it works or not

If you don't want your computer to download updates automatically, disable automatic updates in Security Center/System Properties (Automatic Updates tab)

This post has been edited by x86phre3x: Apr 22 2006, 06:37 PM

I disabled the auto update. Since the problem came... so now, want it or not, I have to update manually. Sad though..

Have you tried to update your Windows without the 2 updates I mentioned before? Tell me it works or not..

20 seconds is normal though

Sometimes I noticed slow loading in apps when overclocked. Don't know why but the frame rate in games does improve, just loading is slower. I really think that the system must have many corrections to do since the overclocked CPU can ensure the reliability if data processed. Try to underclock your processor at default speed and see..