desktop slideshow opening late after startup

Dear deskscapes community,

I have the following problem:

when i log in to vista, the slideshow dream opens for 0.5 seconds then shuts down,
then comes a beige screen,
only after a couple of minutes my pictures open as they should.
the beige picture which is loaded, is located in localapps/stardock.

i am using the most recent DS 3.0, on windows Vista, and I have no problems with other dreams.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Thanks!

Mark