Delayed start-up

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Maybe you should post this in mcafee support group :

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=167752


>-----Original Message-----
>I recently had a message each time I booted saying that
>my profile was corrupt. Using the information I found in
>the knowledge base I created a new profile and copied
the
>contents from the old into the new. This went fine but
>every time I get into Windows now it loads most of the
>things that it should at start-up but when it goes to
>load McAfee Antivirus: the shield appears in the middle
>of the screen as it should but it normally disappears in
>a second or so. It stays there for about 2 to 3 minutes.
>I can get on with some things while the PC is like this
>but some I cannot. Device manager won't open for
example.
>When McAfee finally loads everything works perfectly.
>By the way, I have un-installed and re-installed Mcafee
>and have the same problem. I have tried disabling all
>other programs from starting aswell. But I didn't think
>it would help anyway as it seems to be a windows problem.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks
>Wayne
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