From: "Geo" 

Run a sniffer and see who it's talking to.

Geo.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:449eb7b9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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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