Windows XP SP3 hangs at startup?

[I♥Avast!]

I recently encountured this problem and it's really annoying. Whenever I start my PC, after I click on my user name, it shows only my wallpaper and in like 1 minute, the icons start showing up.

Is there a fix for this problem, or am I infected with a virus?

[Pondus]

, or am I infected with a virus?

to find that out follow the logs guide above your post....
my guess is loads of crap files

[I♥Avast!]

I actually removed a lot of files and uninstalled a lot of programs (like 10 gb recovered), disabled the startup items in msconfig (but keeped superantispyware and avastui!) and now my computer loads faster. Thanks man, you solved my problem.

Cheers