The external drive is having controller trouble. Probably the USB Root Hub
drivers, and they should be refreshed.
--
click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a post''
Mark L. Ferguson
"Stevens" <Stevens@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news
F4D7A2B-8FE6-484F-82CE-D9C2C94DA48F@microsoft.com...
> I have a laptop that is running Windows XP Pro SP2. It has been running
> just
> fine. The user had someone install an external hard drive. Ever since
> then
> when she hits ctrl/alt/del and logs in to our domain it takes about 4 to 5
> minutes to get a desktop. Once that is up everything then seems OK. Any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
> --
> Mike Stevens