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This may be beyond my abilities. The names of the processes and services listed in the task manager are not recognizable to me. I can't tell what an upgrade service would look like.

I had a 4...

If the hanging boot completes, and then I look at the processes and services, what will that tell me? Don't I need to see what is going on during the hang in the boot up?

Excellent idea.

Can I access the task manager before Windows is finished booting?

I had another 5 minute boot up this morning after 10 days of "normal" (60 seconds). I was hoping that re-cloning my HDD from my Master fixed the problem, but apparently not.

Windows hangs at the...

Good to know.

I have my Windows Update set to ask me before updating. Also, this was happening every morning for about 2 weeks. Has never happened before, and going on day 4 without it happening...

Thanks cdad. Actually, my PC runs quite fast. My original question, as you know, had to do with Windows "hanging" on boot up. Slow was an understatement. Several times I timed boot up at over 5...

Thank you for all the feedback.

In response, I do the following monthly:
Windows Update.
Check for updates to Firefox and Thunderbird Plugins.
Run CCleaner and it's Registry Cleaner.
Full...

I defrag monthly, along with a bunch of other "PC Maintenance" procedures.

I'm not clear on the driver question. Do you mean hardware drivers for the PC? I thought they were included as optional...

Win 7 Home Premium SP1. 64 bit.

My PC is only 8 months old, and about a week ago it started having the 3-5 minute boot to Windows. It only happened on the 1st (cold) boot up of the day. After that...