Loading personal settings

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Tina

Just over the past couple of days, my computer seems to
be taking ages to load the personal settings. It's a very
noticeable change and quite annoying. The only thing I
have been doing is trying to get games to work. I
downloaded the latest video card driver which seemed
faulty and had to roll back. The computer wizard says it
can't find a newer/better version than the one I have and
I don't even know if this is the problem! Everything else
seems to be working fine once it's up and running - any
ideas?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers, Tina
 
Start --> Run --> msconfig.exe

On the startup tab, selectively uncheck/check each item, and reboot to see
if you can locate a culprit application. From what I've seen,
Symantec/Norton AV and Auto-Update are especially likely to give the
symptoms that you describe.

Altenratively, uncheck all items on the Startup tab, reboot and see if the
symptom goes away. If so, then check one at a time to add it back into the
startup sequence, again looking for a culprit.

Once you identify a culprit, open up it's "Preferences" sheet and see what
you can get away with turning off.

HTH
 
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