go to, start, run, type msconfig press enter, go to startup tab, uncheck everything expect systray, and all tags that relates to your antivirus. press ok, and restart computer.

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I've been having the same problem and tried the msconfig procedure - but windows prompted me after reboot to reset mdconfig to "normal" mode, thereby forcing all the stuff I turned off, back on. Any suggestions?

P.S. This also seemed to start happening after maximizing RAM to 1 GB...

Dimension4400 1.6 Ghz
Windows XP Pro
1 GB RAM