After booting, many operations freeze computer for about 15 minute

Hello-

I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations in
Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to work
normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an Explorer
window and browse my hard drives.

If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes (I can
still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook 2007 after
I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come up for
that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista has
gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too often
(doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)

I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.

Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
troubleshoot?

Thanks much! Al

I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but their
freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a PC
that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
Thanks again for any help! Al

"A L" wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations in
> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to work
> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an Explorer
> window and browse my hard drives.
>
> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes (I can
> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook 2007 after
> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come up for
> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista has
> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too often
> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
>
> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
>
> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
> troubleshoot?
>
> Thanks much! Al

Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try setting the
priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and slows or
stops other tasks.

"A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
> I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but
> their
> freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a PC
> that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
> Thanks again for any help! Al
>
> "A L" wrote:
>
>> Hello-
>>
>> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations in
>> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to work
>> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an Explorer
>> window and browse my hard drives.
>>
>> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
>> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
>> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes (I
>> can
>> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook 2007
>> after
>> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come up
>> for
>> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista has
>> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
>> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too often
>> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
>>
>> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
>> troubleshoot?
>>
>> Thanks much! Al

I'm only using Outlook as an indicator for when whatever is constipating my
Vista boot is cleared up. It's not Outlook itself that is causing the
problem.

When I look at the "CPU Time" column in Task Manger after the computer is
fully running, there isn't a single process that has a ton of time. The
process with the most time is a svchost.exe that has 4:30 in time racked up.
I believe the svchost.exe processes runs different dlls, but I don't know
how to figure out what dll is run by which svchost.exe process. I currently
have 13 different svchost.exe's running...

Thanks again for any help, Al




"John Barnes" wrote:

> Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try setting the
> priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
> manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and slows or
> stops other tasks.
>
> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
> > I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but
> > their
> > freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a PC
> > that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
> > Thanks again for any help! Al
> >
> > "A L" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello-
> >>
> >> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations in
> >> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to work
> >> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an Explorer
> >> window and browse my hard drives.
> >>
> >> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
> >> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
> >> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes (I
> >> can
> >> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook 2007
> >> after
> >> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come up
> >> for
> >> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista has
> >> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
> >> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too often
> >> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
> >>
> >> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
> >> troubleshoot?
> >>
> >> Thanks much! Al
>
>

By the way, my PC is an Athlon 64 4000 single core processor with 3 GB of
ram. My main system drive is a 10K RPM SATA drive.

It is plenty fast enough!

The motherboard is a NForce4 based board. I have a Creative Audigy sound
card that is disabled currently (no driver yet- using the sound that is on
the motherboard) and I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 TV Tuner card. I took out
the TV tuner card and that didn't affect this problem.

Also, if I kill explorer.exe while the PC is "constipated" and restart it,
it doesn't help matters any. So I don't think the problem has anything to do
with the shell/explorer.



"John Barnes" wrote:

> Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try setting the
> priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
> manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and slows or
> stops other tasks.
>
> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
> > I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but
> > their
> > freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a PC
> > that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
> > Thanks again for any help! Al
> >
> > "A L" wrote:
> >
> >> Hello-
> >>
> >> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations in
> >> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to work
> >> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an Explorer
> >> window and browse my hard drives.
> >>
> >> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
> >> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
> >> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes (I
> >> can
> >> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook 2007
> >> after
> >> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come up
> >> for
> >> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista has
> >> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
> >> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too often
> >> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
> >>
> >> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
> >> troubleshoot?
> >>
> >> Thanks much! Al
>
>

Yes, your system is fast enough, but you could still could get some clues if
you set the priority of whatever process is being stalled ahead of all the
'normal' processes. You would at least know that one of the other higher
level processes is probably involved. To find out the dll's
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
Good luck.

"A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2C8347E1-CB26-42E4-B9C0-DC9E44E25C64@microsoft.com...
>
> By the way, my PC is an Athlon 64 4000 single core processor with 3 GB of
> ram. My main system drive is a 10K RPM SATA drive.
>
> It is plenty fast enough!
>
> The motherboard is a NForce4 based board. I have a Creative Audigy sound
> card that is disabled currently (no driver yet- using the sound that is on
> the motherboard) and I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 TV Tuner card. I took
> out
> the TV tuner card and that didn't affect this problem.
>
> Also, if I kill explorer.exe while the PC is "constipated" and restart it,
> it doesn't help matters any. So I don't think the problem has anything to
> do
> with the shell/explorer.
>
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try setting the
>> priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
>> manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and slows
>> or
>> stops other tasks.
>>
>> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
>> > I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but
>> > their
>> > freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a
>> > PC
>> > that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
>> > Thanks again for any help! Al
>> >
>> > "A L" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello-
>> >>
>> >> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations
>> >> in
>> >> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to
>> >> work
>> >> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an
>> >> Explorer
>> >> window and browse my hard drives.
>> >>
>> >> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
>> >> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
>> >> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes
>> >> (I
>> >> can
>> >> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook
>> >> 2007
>> >> after
>> >> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come
>> >> up
>> >> for
>> >> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista
>> >> has
>> >> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
>> >> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too
>> >> often
>> >> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
>> >>
>> >> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
>> >> troubleshoot?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks much! Al
>>
>>

John-

Thanks for your help. I downloaded Process Explorer- nice tool!
Unfortunately it is one of the applications that won't start until the 15-20
minute time period has passed. It DID however let me find out which
dll/service that the 4:30 minute svchost.exe process was executing-
Dcomlaunch. Perhaps that explains why some applications work on bootup and
others don't- the ones needing COM don't work (although I'd be flabergasted
if IE doesn't use COM.)

I'll reboot again to see if the results are the same- and I'll try
increasing the priority on Outlook to see if that allows it to "jump" over
the process holding up most applications.

Thanks again, Al


"John Barnes" wrote:

> Yes, your system is fast enough, but you could still could get some clues if
> you set the priority of whatever process is being stalled ahead of all the
> 'normal' processes. You would at least know that one of the other higher
> level processes is probably involved. To find out the dll's
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
> Good luck.
>
> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2C8347E1-CB26-42E4-B9C0-DC9E44E25C64@microsoft.com...
> >
> > By the way, my PC is an Athlon 64 4000 single core processor with 3 GB of
> > ram. My main system drive is a 10K RPM SATA drive.
> >
> > It is plenty fast enough!
> >
> > The motherboard is a NForce4 based board. I have a Creative Audigy sound
> > card that is disabled currently (no driver yet- using the sound that is on
> > the motherboard) and I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 TV Tuner card. I took
> > out
> > the TV tuner card and that didn't affect this problem.
> >
> > Also, if I kill explorer.exe while the PC is "constipated" and restart it,
> > it doesn't help matters any. So I don't think the problem has anything to
> > do
> > with the shell/explorer.
> >
> >
> >
> > "John Barnes" wrote:
> >
> >> Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try setting the
> >> priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
> >> manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and slows
> >> or
> >> stops other tasks.
> >>
> >> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
> >> > I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but
> >> > their
> >> > freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a
> >> > PC
> >> > that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
> >> > Thanks again for any help! Al
> >> >
> >> > "A L" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hello-
> >> >>
> >> >> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations
> >> >> in
> >> >> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to
> >> >> work
> >> >> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an
> >> >> Explorer
> >> >> window and browse my hard drives.
> >> >>
> >> >> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
> >> >> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
> >> >> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes
> >> >> (I
> >> >> can
> >> >> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook
> >> >> 2007
> >> >> after
> >> >> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come
> >> >> up
> >> >> for
> >> >> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista
> >> >> has
> >> >> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
> >> >> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too
> >> >> often
> >> >> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
> >> >>
> >> >> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
> >> >> troubleshoot?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks much! Al
> >>
> >>
>
>

Okay, I've finally figured out what's causing the holdup- the LanmanServer
service. The Services page of Task Manager has that at "Starting" until
something within it must finally timeout and allow everything else to start
(and LanmanServer is Running at that point too.)

I can't figure out what might be wrong with it though. If anyone has any
ideas, please let me know! Thanks much. Al

ps- I set Outlook's priority to High- didn't allow it to come up more
quickly. Didn't want to set it to Realtime fearing it would hold everything
else back... Also, on a 2nd boot, Dcomlaunch didn't have nearly as much time
as the previous time. These may be secondary processes that are held up by
LanmanServer.



"A L" wrote:

> John-
>
> Thanks for your help. I downloaded Process Explorer- nice tool!
> Unfortunately it is one of the applications that won't start until the 15-20
> minute time period has passed. It DID however let me find out which
> dll/service that the 4:30 minute svchost.exe process was executing-
> Dcomlaunch. Perhaps that explains why some applications work on bootup and
> others don't- the ones needing COM don't work (although I'd be flabergasted
> if IE doesn't use COM.)
>
> I'll reboot again to see if the results are the same- and I'll try
> increasing the priority on Outlook to see if that allows it to "jump" over
> the process holding up most applications.
>
> Thanks again, Al
>
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
> > Yes, your system is fast enough, but you could still could get some clues if
> > you set the priority of whatever process is being stalled ahead of all the
> > 'normal' processes. You would at least know that one of the other higher
> > level processes is probably involved. To find out the dll's
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
> > Good luck.
> >
> > "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:2C8347E1-CB26-42E4-B9C0-DC9E44E25C64@microsoft.com...
> > >
> > > By the way, my PC is an Athlon 64 4000 single core processor with 3 GB of
> > > ram. My main system drive is a 10K RPM SATA drive.
> > >
> > > It is plenty fast enough!
> > >
> > > The motherboard is a NForce4 based board. I have a Creative Audigy sound
> > > card that is disabled currently (no driver yet- using the sound that is on
> > > the motherboard) and I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 TV Tuner card. I took
> > > out
> > > the TV tuner card and that didn't affect this problem.
> > >
> > > Also, if I kill explorer.exe while the PC is "constipated" and restart it,
> > > it doesn't help matters any. So I don't think the problem has anything to
> > > do
> > > with the shell/explorer.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "John Barnes" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try setting the
> > >> priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
> > >> manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and slows
> > >> or
> > >> stops other tasks.
> > >>
> > >> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
> > >> > I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze" but
> > >> > their
> > >> > freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks about a
> > >> > PC
> > >> > that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on boot.
> > >> > Thanks again for any help! Al
> > >> >
> > >> > "A L" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Hello-
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few operations
> > >> >> in
> > >> >> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins to
> > >> >> work
> > >> >> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an
> > >> >> Explorer
> > >> >> window and browse my hard drives.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in the
> > >> >> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new folder/directory in
> > >> >> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15 minutes
> > >> >> (I
> > >> >> can
> > >> >> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting Outlook
> > >> >> 2007
> > >> >> after
> > >> >> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't come
> > >> >> up
> > >> >> for
> > >> >> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started, Vista
> > >> >> has
> > >> >> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
> > >> >> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem too
> > >> >> often
> > >> >> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
> > >> >>
> > >> >> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or how to
> > >> >> troubleshoot?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thanks much! Al
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >

Hopefully someone will be able to help now that the process is identified.
Have you tried turning off automatic start in the services section?

"A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7AD66555-6A32-417D-B6DC-E76C684A9F8A@microsoft.com...
>
> Okay, I've finally figured out what's causing the holdup- the LanmanServer
> service. The Services page of Task Manager has that at "Starting" until
> something within it must finally timeout and allow everything else to
> start
> (and LanmanServer is Running at that point too.)
>
> I can't figure out what might be wrong with it though. If anyone has any
> ideas, please let me know! Thanks much. Al
>
> ps- I set Outlook's priority to High- didn't allow it to come up more
> quickly. Didn't want to set it to Realtime fearing it would hold
> everything
> else back... Also, on a 2nd boot, Dcomlaunch didn't have nearly as much
> time
> as the previous time. These may be secondary processes that are held up
> by
> LanmanServer.
>
>
>
> "A L" wrote:
>
>> John-
>>
>> Thanks for your help. I downloaded Process Explorer- nice tool!
>> Unfortunately it is one of the applications that won't start until the
>> 15-20
>> minute time period has passed. It DID however let me find out which
>> dll/service that the 4:30 minute svchost.exe process was executing-
>> Dcomlaunch. Perhaps that explains why some applications work on bootup
>> and
>> others don't- the ones needing COM don't work (although I'd be
>> flabergasted
>> if IE doesn't use COM.)
>>
>> I'll reboot again to see if the results are the same- and I'll try
>> increasing the priority on Outlook to see if that allows it to "jump"
>> over
>> the process holding up most applications.
>>
>> Thanks again, Al
>>
>>
>> "John Barnes" wrote:
>>
>> > Yes, your system is fast enough, but you could still could get some
>> > clues if
>> > you set the priority of whatever process is being stalled ahead of all
>> > the
>> > 'normal' processes. You would at least know that one of the other
>> > higher
>> > level processes is probably involved. To find out the dll's
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
>> > Good luck.
>> >
>> > "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:2C8347E1-CB26-42E4-B9C0-DC9E44E25C64@microsoft.com...
>> > >
>> > > By the way, my PC is an Athlon 64 4000 single core processor with 3
>> > > GB of
>> > > ram. My main system drive is a 10K RPM SATA drive.
>> > >
>> > > It is plenty fast enough!
>> > >
>> > > The motherboard is a NForce4 based board. I have a Creative Audigy
>> > > sound
>> > > card that is disabled currently (no driver yet- using the sound that
>> > > is on
>> > > the motherboard) and I have a Hauppauge WinPVR 350 TV Tuner card. I
>> > > took
>> > > out
>> > > the TV tuner card and that didn't affect this problem.
>> > >
>> > > Also, if I kill explorer.exe while the PC is "constipated" and
>> > > restart it,
>> > > it doesn't help matters any. So I don't think the problem has
>> > > anything to
>> > > do
>> > > with the shell/explorer.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "John Barnes" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Since you don't say anything about your computer, I would try
>> > >> setting the
>> > >> priority of Outlook to high or at least above normal in task
>> > >> manager/processes to see if this helps Outlook come up faster and
>> > >> slows
>> > >> or
>> > >> stops other tasks.
>> > >>
>> > >> "A L" <AL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:32DB9CC9-704B-4542-9A29-968E5F85D945@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > I've seen other posts refer to freezing problems as "VistyFreeze"
>> > >> > but
>> > >> > their
>> > >> > freezes don't quite seem to be the same as mine (one post talks
>> > >> > about a
>> > >> > PC
>> > >> > that freezes for a short time every 5 minutes.) Mine is only on
>> > >> > boot.
>> > >> > Thanks again for any help! Al
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "A L" wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> Hello-
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I seem to have a weird one here. After I boot, quite a few
>> > >> >> operations
>> > >> >> in
>> > >> >> Vista freeze the PC for about 15 minutes, and then the PC begins
>> > >> >> to
>> > >> >> work
>> > >> >> normally. I can browse the web, look at Task Manager, open an
>> > >> >> Explorer
>> > >> >> window and browse my hard drives.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> If I do things like press the "Show processes from all users" in
>> > >> >> the
>> > >> >> Processes tab of Task Manager, try to create a new
>> > >> >> folder/directory in
>> > >> >> Explorer, open Outlook 2007, then the PC freezes for about 15
>> > >> >> minutes
>> > >> >> (I
>> > >> >> can
>> > >> >> still use any open IEs). What I've been doing is starting
>> > >> >> Outlook
>> > >> >> 2007
>> > >> >> after
>> > >> >> I boot, and it's splash screen comes up but the program doesn't
>> > >> >> come
>> > >> >> up
>> > >> >> for
>> > >> >> that 15 minutes- then when I see that Outlook is fully started,
>> > >> >> Vista
>> > >> >> has
>> > >> >> gotten past whatever the issue is. I've been putting my PC into
>> > >> >> sleep/hibernate so that I don't have to deal with this problem
>> > >> >> too
>> > >> >> often
>> > >> >> (doing a true reboot only once a week or so.)
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> I did upgrade from WinXP SP2 - did not do a fresh install.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Anyone have any ideas for what might be causing my problems or
>> > >> >> how to
>> > >> >> troubleshoot?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Thanks much! Al
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> >

Alright! I found out how to fix my problem!!

I googled "Vista LanmanServer" and found this link:

http://iwug.net/forums/thread/348.aspx

(funnily enough, this is a Indiana Windows User Group website. I moved from
Indiana to Massachussetts 10 years ago- thanks Hoosiers!)

I had old networking devices (old shared printers- some of them long gone
even before I upgraded from XP SP2 to Vista) in my

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ConrtrolSet001\Services\ LanManServer\Shares
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ConrtrolSet002\Services\ LanManServer\Shares

too. I deleted them, rebooted and presto, Vista is no longer constipated on
startup!! I bet others are going to hit this issue when they upgrade from XP
too....

Thanks again for your help. It's nice to finally have a well functioning
Vista PC- I did my upgrade about a month ago and have been living with this
since then. Al



"John Barnes" wrote:

> Hopefully someone will be able to help now that the process is identified.
> Have you tried turning off automatic start in the services section?