windows SP2 problems with startup on t41/t42...

[SimonCC]

I have tried installing sp2 on both my t41 and t42 and i get the same problem: although intermitant, on startup the icons on my desktop do not load, neithar does the taskbar, and i cannot access task manager when this happens, other than that all else functions fine but i have chosen to leave it off completely now as bad startups like this leave me no option but to cold shutdown - which i hate doing!!. I installed sp2 with the utmost care, doing defrag b4 hand along with a spyware sweep, i turn firewall and AV off also etc etc. Also i have tried installing sp2 when there is hardly any software on my comp, when there is software it is all sp2 compliant.

So currently sp2 is a no no on my TPs...........any thoughts???

[mattfromomaha]

Odd - I'm having a problem that during startup, after I enter my password, my desktop and half of the systray icons load, and then the system hangs for about a minute, doing nothing, then it finishes loading everything. Several other people I know are having the same problem on their ThinkPads. No idea what the cause could be (well, I know it's SP2 related, though).

[skanky]

Odd - I'm having a problem that during startup, after I enter my password, my desktop and half of the systray icons load, and then the system hangs for about a minute, doing nothing, then it finishes loading everything. Several other people I know are having the same problem on their ThinkPads. No idea what the cause could be (well, I know it's SP2 related, though).

you dont have norton antivirus still installed do you?

[Elhabash]

It seems that SP2 gave the computer bad ideas about how nice it would be to sit around a while during startup. Mine usually does relax for two or three minutes after login...

Sometimes it doesn't show some Systray icons that are supposed to be there as well.

[jdhurst]

First, SP2 works fine on a T41 and a T42. Done it on both. It works with Norton A/V 2003, Symantec Client Security 2 and Norton Internet Security 2005. All of the above are properly recognized by SP2. I am about to test Norton Internet Security 2003.

Second, I would make sure you update all the IBM drivers and applications. IBM revised most all of them in their goal to be SP2 compliant.

I have had no shutdown problems with all the newest stuff. I did develop a startup problem that was either wireless related or Access Connections related or both. Not wanting to re-install, I took a gamble on Registry First Aid (Rose City Software). That solved the problem - permanently.

Good luck. ... JDHurst

[cjsnare]

after I disabled the enthernet card, it never happened.
if was tring to get IP address from dhcp, even if there were no internet connection.



I dont know why.

[mattfromomaha]

I'm using Symantec Corp 8 AntiVirus...

FIXED!!! - I downloaded Microsoft BootVis and ran the Trace>Optimize System test and my one minute hesitation at startup is gone!!!

[cchsiao]

Well... according to my experience, I don't think that's a problem on Thinkpad and SP2. My desktop (assembled by myself do have the similar problem before installing SP2, and it's getting worse after installing SP2. Finally I found that that's because of a firewall software (F-Secure). After removing that software, everything works fine now. So maybe you can remove firewall softwares from your computer, and see if it happens again.

[Greg Gebhardt]

I have tried installing sp2 on both my t41 and t42 and i get the same problem: although intermitant, on startup the icons on my desktop do not load, neithar does the taskbar, and i cannot access task manager when this happens, other than that all else functions fine but i have chosen to leave it off completely now as bad startups like this leave me no option but to cold shutdown - which i hate doing!!. I installed sp2 with the utmost care, doing defrag b4 hand along with a spyware sweep, i turn firewall and AV off also etc etc. Also i have tried installing sp2 when there is hardly any software on my comp, when there is software it is all sp2 compliant.

So currently sp2 is a no no on my TPs...........any thoughts???

Go figure, my T42p (2373KXU) has never ran better. I used to have to wait for several minutes for my T42p to connect to my home Cisco access point, now it takes less than a minute. I am also using Norton AV and Norton's Personal Firewall. Not a problem.

[RoadHazard]

I have tried installing sp2 on both my t41 and t42 and i get the same problem: although intermitant, on startup the icons on my desktop do not load, neithar does the taskbar, and i cannot access task manager when this happens, other than that all else functions fine but i have chosen to leave it off completely now as bad startups like this leave me no option but to cold shutdown - which i hate doing!!. I installed sp2 with the utmost care, doing defrag b4 hand along with a spyware sweep, i turn firewall and AV off also etc etc. Also i have tried installing sp2 when there is hardly any software on my comp, when there is software it is all sp2 compliant.

So currently sp2 is a no no on my TPs...........any thoughts???

I have seen the same problem on my friend's notebook. I later found out that the dial-up software from his ISP was the cause of the problem. I disabled it and everything worked fine again. So I suggest you run Msconfig and disable the software you doubt one by one. The program that I disabled is called IPMonitor or something like that.

[roblim]

Installed SP2 on a T40 and experienced a short but noticable 5 second delay on the welcome screen. the problem was related to waiting for an ip address. i entered a manual ip address and the delay went away.