Boot delay after installation

I had the same problem a couple of days ago.  I was a little more lucky.  My delay was only 2 minutes after the "Microsoft Corporation" banner and before the login screen.  But I had noticed something else that was odd in this respect.  I had just had to do an fresh install of Vista x64 because I had tried to create an Acronis Secure Zone, which crashed my OS.  I installed an additional hard drive for backups before trying to re-install TI again.  I created one image, then did two Windows updates and then created another image.  Normally I don't sit around and wait for the computer to boot up.  So it was a couple of days later that I noticed the 2 minute delay.  I first tried uninstalling the Windows updates.  That didn't help.  When I uninstalled TI, the delay went away.  Now it becomes more strange.  When I went back to the first image, done before the Windows updates, there was essentially no delay.  When I went to put back the two Windows update, only one was available.  When I first did the Windows update, one was labeled "important" and the other was "recommended".  The recommended update did not appear as an option.  Could this update have had some interaction with TI?

Hey Richard:

Thank you for your help. I had suspected the problem might be a Windows update. Trying to determine which one is another story.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled about 15 updates thus far and of course for each one it takes a reboot to see if the machine boots in an acceptable amount of time.

If per chance I find the culpret, you might have known its Mother Microsoft up to her usual tricks, I'll be sure to let you know.

Michael

Michael,

The time between the banner and the login screen was 10 seconds.  A couple of days ago I installed a "recommended" update.  The time is now 20 seconds.  Since it is still pretty small, I guess I can't complain.

Richard