Picture Keeps Loading During Shut Down as Well as During Boo

but it sounds like a very possible spyware problem. Not knowing if you have checked for that or not yet or what you already have for that type of program, we can start with these.

They are all free except for the trojan removers but you can get a 30 trial with them.

Spybot S&D (download, check for updates, read the tutorial and scan often, it also does some blocking)
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

Ad-Aware SE (a scanner, download, check for updates, read the directions and scan.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

cwshredder (stand alone unit)(another small scanner for certain things, ALL other windows should be closed)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Download anti-trojan (any of the following)


The Cleaner Pro 30 days trial - http://www.moosoft.com

TrojanHunter - http://www.misec.net/ (trial)

Also do an online scan at one or all of these.
Housecall (using IE with Active-X)
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Housecall (all browsers using java)
http://uk.trendmicro-europe.com/enterprise/products/housecall_launch.php

PandaActivescan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm

What would you like to know? This is what happens. When I reboot the computer and just before Windows completes the end of the reboot a picture comes up.

And stays for about 20 seconds. The same thing happens when Windows reboots. Windows logs on and just because before Windows reaches the desktop the same picture comes up and stays for the same 20 seconds. I had thought it was a windows service or startup file but it doesn't seem to be. Any suggestions?

Steve

There's an old issue with backgrounds that you need to change it TWICE to shuffle the old one to what shows up at boot and shutdown.

Change the desktop background one more time and retest.

If it's that, then it's that old bug. Don't ask why such things never seen to get fixed.

Bob