On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:06:36 +0100, "si9" <si9@si9.com> wrote:
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>Hi +Bob+
>
>I ran Startup Control Panel and under the HKLM/Run tab only Zone Alarm is
>listed.
>
>Nothing else is listed under the other 5 tabs.
>
>Thanks.[/color]

Unusual.. but, I would start by disabling Zone Alarm. See if that
helps. I doubt it though... sounds more like something major in
Windows.

When you disabled the Windows Search, did you set the service to
"disabled" in services.msc?

I would also look in service.msc to see what is starting automatically
and disable any service you think you don't need. Keep a list in case
you need to turn things back on and only do one item at a time to test
unless you are very sure of what you are doing. See if you can find
something that is hanging you.

Also, do you have connections to shared drives ?