Very Slow Restart

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Using Windows XP Home Edition-----

My Dell system restarts very, very slowly. After almost 5 minutes it will
complete a good restart, but I get a message (contained in a box) that says:

" NT On-Access Scanner Service
NT On-Access Scanner Service has encountered a problem and needs to close "

During this long restart I've noticed that for a good portion of it there's
no drive activity, and instead of the regular cursor (an arrow) the hourglass
gizmo shows; looks like Windows is rummaging around in memory looking long
and hard for something related to NT On-Access Scanner Service

I recently had to completely reformat my HD and reload Windows due to a
virus. Could I have loaded a drive or some application that I shouldn't have.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
This is related to McAfee Security software, due to an infected file or files that was not originally corrected. And since you reinstalled Windows because of a virus problem, you might have reintroduced it to your PC, after the reinstallation.

Check with the McAfee website and see if they have a fix for it. Make sure that you have your firewall and antivirus programs up and running, before you ever connect to the internet. Especially after a reinstallation.

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Using Windows XP Home Edition-----

My Dell system restarts very, very slowly. After almost 5 minutes it will
complete a good restart, but I get a message (contained in a box) that says:

" NT On-Access Scanner Service
NT On-Access Scanner Service has encountered a problem and needs to close "

During this long restart I've noticed that for a good portion of it there's
no drive activity, and instead of the regular cursor (an arrow) the hourglass
gizmo shows; looks like Windows is rummaging around in memory looking long
and hard for something related to NT On-Access Scanner Service

I recently had to completely reformat my HD and reload Windows due to a
virus. Could I have loaded a drive or some application that I shouldn't have.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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