Windows Vista 32bit startup problems

Jacksonyoung

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I noticed that after my computer starts up from restart/shut down to the desktop,
half of my start up programs load, says that I am not connected to the internet, and half of my icons in the bottom right of my taskbar aren't right-clickable. Yet, I can still access the internet via IE or Firefox. But other programs won't launch if I try to run them (iTunes, WoW, Microsoft Word).
I give it a minute or two, and then everything else starts up, including the programs I tried to start up during phase I described above. It tells me I am connected to the internet, and everything on my taskbar is clickable again.
I've tried every combination of start up programs to see if it was a specific program starting up that was stalling the rest of them to. Anybody explain this phenomena?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 518
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Keyboard
    Factory Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Factory Dell Mouse
    Internet Speed
    2Mb
System Specs:
Dell Inspiron 518
Intel (R) Pentium (R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz 2.20GHz
2 GB of Memory
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 518
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Keyboard
    Factory Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Factory Dell Mouse
    Internet Speed
    2Mb
When is the last time you did the regular housekeeping such as DiskClean and defrag ? ?
How much free space is on this drive ? ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Q6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5K MBoard.
    Memory
    4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
    Hard Drives
    500G Seagate SATA
    200G Seagate SATA
    100G WD Caviar SATA
    80G WD Caviar IDE
    PSU
    OCZ Elite 800W PSU
    Case
    RaidMax Smilodon Case
    Other Info
    Lite-On dual layer DVD burner X 2
    Dos 6.2;Win2K;XP; &
    Vista Ultimate 64Bit.
I do "housekeeping" on it very frequently.
Avira Virus scans, Advanced SystemCare (don't know how reliable that is)
Smart Defrag as well as Windows Defragmentor.
I run those every few days.

The harddrive has 250gb total, with about 40gb being used.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 518
    Memory
    2 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Onboard
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Keyboard
    Factory Dell Keyboard
    Mouse
    Factory Dell Mouse
    Internet Speed
    2Mb
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