XP... Slowww Boot... Help, please

[Gordon Gekko]

Quote from gnome:

I downloaded a virus update from Symantec and now my machine takes 5 full minutes to boot. Starts out normally enough, but very slow about loading the items which appear in the system tray.... they do eventually load.

I did the same downloads for my Win2000 machine, and it's OK.

Any ideas??

gnome,

i think i have the same thing happening to me. i have win xp pro and norton antivirus. whenever i boot my computer, as the tray icons are loading (and norton antivirus) my computer is very, very slow. i usually just wait til the hard drive stops being so active before i start a program. it's annoying.

i have nav auto update turned off, so i know it's not the auto update that's slowing it down.

i've also tried turning off system restore, and it's not that.