[barnacles]

So I have done a lot of searching all over the Internet but found nothing that truly helps so I thought I would try my luck here.

This seems to be a common problem but I will explain it. I have vista on my laptop (those of you familiar are already rolling your eyes, trust me I know haha) but anyway when the computer boots it starts with the bios screen, then the microsoft logo which is all normal and then the login screen comes up. After I login however, it hangs on the black screen with the mouse cursor. Now, what really gets me is if I go into the task manager, end the explorer task, and restart it the taskbar comes up instantly (quicker than it would have had I waited it out)

I am entirely confused by this so I wanted to know if any of you vista users have/solved this problem. Thanks a lot guys. Gotta love vista