Are You Experiencing Slow Login Time?

My problem was a 1 min login delay due the aktiveds.dll that loads at startup. The following advice worked for me so I guess it works for any .dll made by NicTech since they all use the same registry folder…

Open up regedit.exe and find THIS folder. Navigate to it by clicking the +’s to expand
things like you would in Windows explorer:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify\Guardian

Right click over “Guardian” in the left pane.
Left click on “Permissions”
Left click “SYSTEM” once to highlight it.
Check “deny” in all boxes that you can at the bottom (Probably only 2)
Left click Apply
Left Click OK

Say “OK” to any warnings about permissions
**Reboot** the system

then problems solved

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