By Startup I mean once the desktop is displayed, the hanging appears to
begin.

I'll certainly try Startup Control Panel and report back.

I already have disabled the Window Search Service. My inclination is
something is trying to start within it causing the hanging, but I've no idea
what.

Ta


"+Bob+" <nomailplease@example.com> wrote in message
news:8tdn45hlog1lr8i8v25aq2i2t366q5b31v@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:59:46 +0100, "si9" <si9@si9.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Hi
>>
>>Ive noticed my PC hanging lately over last few weeks, especially at
>>startup.[/color]
>
> Define "startup". Is that during initial boo? before login? after?
>[color=green]
>>Only Zone Alarm SS is set to load at startup.[/color]
>
> Probably not correct. Install something like Startup Control Panel
> [url]http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml[/url] and take a look. You likely have
> lots of things starting up. With that tool, you can uncheck items to
> shut them off at startup and then see the effect without removing them
> permanently. You might find something that is hanging the system.
>
> Do you have an connections to shared drives that might be missing or
> disappearing during use?
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>>[/color]
>[color=green]
>>Ive checked Event Viewer I see an error every 2 minutes or so. Error
>>message
>>with red exclamation is:
>>
>>''The Windows Search Service has failed to create the SystemIndex search
>>index. Internal error 1, 0x800700b7, Failed to add Gather Application:
>>Windows>.''[/color]
>
> I would advise disabling the Window Search Service anyway. Install a
> tool like Agent Ransack for searching and leave indexing off.[/color]