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With 2gigs you shouldnt have much trouble.

First thing I would do is check to see what all is starting when you fire up your PC if Windows is loading a bunch of programs this would casue a slow start.

Another thing would be to scan for viruses and spyware, that could casue a slow boot.

If that isn't this issue you may want to try on stick of RAM at a time to see what happens, possible you have a bad stick.

Of course though if non of that helps someone with more knowledge should be along to offer better advice.

Clean out your prefatch folder too. Should help.

Cheers
Cameron

Well,not entirely, I had the same problem awhile ago. One day it just fixed itself, I have no idea what I did, it was just fixed.

Cheers
Cameron

Between the Windows boot screen and the desktop generally indicates windows is looking for a device, initializing a device or looking for the network.

To test, disable the network card in the hardware manager before you go to bed. Tomorrow, reboot the computer and see if it boots up. If it does, windows is having problems finding the network.

Any device driver can cause the same issue. Sometimes it requires disabling all devices and enabling one by one till you find the culprit.

Another method is to use BOOTVIS. This is a program designed by Microsoft to analyze exactly your issue. You set bootvis to record the next boot and when the boot is complete you then have bootvis load and show you the graphic interface of the boot in progress with a timeline. The long pause in the timeline will be noted by the driver or service the system paused for.

A friend of mine had a bad X52 something to do with its memory chip and it is a problem that Saitek knows about.
It would not function on occasion and also just found out today from him that it would also casue the same issues you are having.
His temporary solution was a quick reboot, same as you.

I would contact Saitek, chances are you will have to send it in to them and have the stick replaced