[dust541]

running a G4 1.25 DP with 1 gig of memory running OS 10.3.8. After I login, takes about 3 minutes to get to the desktop. After that, everything is golden... updated to latest OS 10.3.8 with all software updates. Tried new user, booting up in safe mode, using disk utility, repaired permissions, taking all peripherials off machine, no startup items or automatic login to any server (even disconnected ethernet cable) and still I get the delay... Any ideas?

ps - haven't tried mac cocktail or any other 3rd party app and I'm pretty sure that archive and install will take care of the problem. Any other suggestions?

Thanks.