Ok, this just started suddenly on me. This actually happened on my old computer as well.

I installed windows XP pro and various programs along with my drivers for my Netgear USB wireless adapter. Everything's working fine. Then a few days later (and a few program installs), it has issues at startup. I can get on the internet without a problem but the little wireless icon wont' show up in the taskbar for a couple minutes. While it's absent, my start menu "connect to" link freezes until the icon shows up in the taskbar. Why does this happen and what do I need to do to fix it?

Like I said, it happened on my other computer too with the same adapter. Everything was fine until one day, issues. what gives? After it shows up in the task bar, everything is fine as if nothing ever happened.