Hangs at windows splash screen

hi, , just recently about a month ago i built a machine as described below, when i first installed windows, everything was lightning quick and there were no delays and boot time was around 30 seconds with about 4 programs at startup, now i have downloaded windows sp1 and networked my computer, but at windows splash screen the screen goes black for a couple of seconds and boot time now takes about 40-45 sec, even though my router for networking is turned off and i have removed any other programs that shouldnt be there through msconfig, please could you advise?
amd 64 3200+ clawhammer
kingston pc3200 1gb memory 3-3-3
80gb wd ata133 8mb buffer hd
msi k8t neo fsr
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