After logging in, Windows 7 first set up the desktop piece by piece, i.e. the taskbar, the desktop window, icons for applications, and even the background image.

Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves.

S tarting up a Windows 7 PC used to be slower for users who favored simple solid color backgrounds over extravagant desktop wallpapers.The delayed startup issue was present back in 2009, for about ...