From: "Frank Haber" 

Anyone else noticing a two-minute pause after your desktop icons appear
before the computer's usable (XP SP2)?  I'm getting this ONLY on the two
machines on which I tried out Windows Live/NoneCare/Defender.

The usual suspects are Recovery images and the index server.  It's not
these. Otherwise, the machines are pretty d*mn clean, with very little
startup crud. One's a Dell Dim, the other a VAIO P3M lappie.  The HD light
is on hard in a sort of 50% duty cycle, pulses of 10 sec. or so,
interspersed with 5-115 seconds of dark think time.

The desktop's live for highlighting, but double-clicks and StartMenu opens
are queued, up to 2-3 items.  Further flailings are discarded.  After you
go get a coffee, everything's normal and crisp.

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