It is very interesting, because I am observing very similar behaviour, but with StartIsBack 1.3.3 till the latest 2.1.2 on Windows 8 with autologon feature enabled. Sometimes, not on every restart or boot, autologon process stall for a few seconds too. mini PC ASRock Core 100HT-BD 4GB RAM Windows 8 Pro with Media Center, 32-bit version