Slow start up on one desktop

[Hi Ho]

When I log onto my desktop after turning the computer on the "loading your personal settings" screen doesn't go away for a minute and thirty seconds. The taskbar shows up but when I click on the start menu and click off again it will stay there. If I open the task manager and drag it around it will act as an eraser. Click Here to see a screen shot. It only does this on my desktop. If someone else has logged onto theirs ten minutes before me my desktop will start fine but if I log onto someone elses and then try to log onto mine an hour glass will show up for a second and it will go back to the log on screen. I eventually have to restart the computer or wait ten minutes before it lets me log on. This is annoying. Anyone know how to fix it?

Here are my system specs

ASUS A7V333 Mother Board
AMD Athlon 1.8ghz CPU
512mb 333mhz DDR RAM
60 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
6GB 5200 RPM Hard Drive
GeForce 4 ti 4800se 128mb Graphics Card
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM Drive (52x CD)
Plextor 24/10/40x CDRW
Acer 40x CD-ROM
Windows XP Home Edition
Cable Modem

[Railbird]

I'm having a hard time following you here. Is your computer on a network or something? You seem to say something about someone else logging in on another computer?

It sounds to me like you're having profile issues. If your computer is on a network, which it sounds like it is, the long delay is the time it is taking for your computer to upload/download your profile to and from the server....

Do you have a large amount of information in your My Documents folder, or possibly a large file that is saved right on your desktop? Any large files that get sent to and from a server will cause your computer to take a long time logging in like that...

Also, check the C:\Documents and Settings folder and see if there is more than one copy of your personal profile in there. eg. username.000 and username.001 folders... that could shed some light on the situation as well.

If you're not on a network, then we'd have to troubleshoot this further...

[Hi Ho]

My family shares the computer and we all have our own desktop in Windows XP. I have a network consisting of one other computer. It is not a server type setup. It's just a home network.