Slow return from CTR+ALT+DEL

[JPJeffery]

Hello

With XP, when I'd return to my PC and unlock it I'd be working again within 4-5 secs.

With Vista:
1 - Press CTRL+ALT+DEL
2 - Press right cursor key to select my account (instead of Credentials Manager)
3 - Enter my password and press return
4 - Wait
5 - Get back to the desktop

All this takes 15 seconds. FIFTEEN SECONDS?! Most of that, about 11 seconds, is at step 4. It's ridiculously slow. Even when my PC had more than the 2Gb of RAM it has now (we had a thief come in and raid our PCs for RAM a couple of months ago - I thought that kind of thing didn't happen anymore!) it wasn't any quicker then...

What gives? I've tried disabling SuperFetch but that made no difference at all.

JJ
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[linney]

If someone has been inside your boxes removing RAM, I wonder whether they have inserted other things inside such as hardware key-loggers, or God knows what?

What is your normal logon like, are there any hangs during that?

Have you tried they same scenario from "Safe Mode With Networking"?

Not being on a Domain, and only using Windows Key + L to test with, I find that relogon is almost instant with no delay.

 

[JPJeffery]

If someone has been inside your boxes removing RAM, I wonder whether they have inserted other things inside such as hardware key-loggers, or God knows what?

None of us had thought of that...I guess that gives us something to do on Monday!

What is your normal logon like, are there any hangs during that?

Fairly slow, I suppose, but I put that down to a large profile...

Have you tried they same scenario from "Safe Mode With Networking"?

No, good idea.

JJ
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[wellerw]

sorry, i know this is an old post.


I had this problem with the HP Ptotect tools , when I removed them the problem was sorted.

 

[JPJeffery]

An old thread it may be, but it's still relevant. I've still got this issue and it's "doing in me heed"!

JJ
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