>On one of our sites(Windows 7) , on a few machines, when the Exe loads first, it can take about 3 to 5 minutes , doing nothing, and then ok. (It normally Takes about 5 seconds to load). When this happens, all other apps seem to hang also. After it loads though, it flies along as normal.
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It sounds like application or Windows is looking for a network resource (network drive or printer) that is not available anymore.