The new icon is Microsoft's AntiSpyware (Beta) program. A Microsoft
technician had me download it a couple weeks ago. I think, however, that
McAfee is what causes the boot to take so long, but I'm just guessing.
Jeannine

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:03:58 -0800, Jeannine wrote:

> The new icon is Microsoft's AntiSpyware (Beta) program. A Microsoft
> technician had me download it a couple weeks ago. I think, however, that
> McAfee is what causes the boot to take so long, but I'm just guessing.

Ah yes. I have that program installed to and it is slow in loading it's
tray icon. Any program, including McAfee, could be doing this.
Unfortunately, McAfee is not one that you want disabled. It may be that
your particular mix of software is just "finicky" when it comes to getting
the tray loaded and that your best solution is to continue using the
workaround you've discovered.

If you do decide to go ahead with reviewing startup items, there are sites
online that help to match up the names of startup programs to the main
programs. One such site is
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Taskl...s/tasklist.htm
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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User