Hi up to about a month ago my computer was fine but now it keeps hanging on the login screen loading my personal settings then when the screen comes up it also takes a long time to load, please help.

I have no viruses, spyware, moles, adware or anything else.
I also have 86% free memory.
Once loaded the computer runs fine.

Please can some one help.

Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows logo key, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

My computer:

windows xp home edition
version 2002
service pack 2
2.40GHz
1.00GB of RAM
used space 31.2GB
Free space 201GB

Oh and AMD athlon 64 processor 3800+

I hope this is helpful.

First You can try regularly using ATF-Cleaner or CCleaner to clear out temporary crap. For CCleaner uncheck to install any tool bar and on your first use click on the options tab --> advanced and UNCHECK Only delete file in windows temp folder older than 48 hours. If you have your borowser set to keep you logged in to any sites you will have to login again.

Also right click on my computer/computer --> manage --> Event Viewer --> Windows Logs --> System. Look for entries with an X. Please tell me what the most common entries are.

What software/hardware changes have you made recently? Have you tried a restore point? Have you tried booting into safe mode?

Originally Posted by broni

Please, post some computer info:
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

Please, download DDS from one of the 2 mirrors and save it to your desktop.

Mirror 1
Mirror 2

* Disable any script blocking protection (if present)
* Double click the dds icon to run the tool.
* When done, DDS will open two logs:
1. DDS.txt
2. Attach.txt
* Save both reports to your desktop by clicking File>Save As in each log.

Include the contents of both logs in your new topic. The scan will instruct you to post Attach.txt as an attachment. No need for that though ..... just post it's contents as you would any other log.

I 'm just wondering what does this do? What will it tell you?