VSMON hangs after Win95 reinstall

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Since format and reinstall of Win95b, I get to a blank desktop (no icons)
with just a mouse pointer. The machine sits there for approximately 2
minutes with no disk activity and then the rest of the desktop loads
normally. If I try accessing the task manager during this time it shows
"Vsmon (Not Responding)". If I end the task I get a message about ZoneAlarm
not being able to initialize the TrueVector Internet monitor. If I remove
ZA from the start up StartUp Programs so it doesn't start, the problem
remains the same. Once everything does load up, I don't see Vsmon in the
Close Program Dialog box but everything seems to be working. I do see a
"minilog" from ZA in the Close Program Dialog box that I don't recall seeing
before. Tried shutting off the logging function in ZA but still there.
Any suggestions? What was supposed to be a simple reload hasn't turned out
that way.

Other than the basic windows install and update of audio, video, and modem
drivers, I've added the Dun1.3 upgrade, winsock 2 upgrade, Y2K upgrade for
Windows, Y2k for Dun & winsock, and IE 5.5 SP2 although perhaps not in the
proper order. Also installed Zone Alarm v 2.1.44 and AVG 6.0.698, both of
which I understood to be compatible with WIN95