CoX Hangs at Initial Loading Message

From out of no where the game launch hangs at the initial loading message. I first noticed this happened after the last big patch, and the subsequent smaller patch. I don't have any windows skinning programs, and can't seem to find why this is happening. I read that someone deleted the checksum file in the gaming menu, when I did this, it worked that one time after rebuilding the file. I'm now at a loss.

I run Windows Xp Pro Sp3 latest updates
4GB Memory
Dual Core 2.91 Phenom
nVidia 9800GT 1GB

Here's the list from CoHHelper. Please advise as to what I can do.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at February 10, 2011 09:20 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.100216-1514)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: GA-MA785GM-US2H
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 245 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 2754MB out of 3326MB available
Page File: 5853MB (379MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD3200AAJS-00B4A0) 47092MB out of 305234MB (15%) free
D Drive: (PHILIPS SPD2413P) zero-size drive
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20) zero-size drive
J Drive: (HIDGXA LMZGTUJ0DU SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
K Drive: (HIDGXA LMZGTUJ0DU SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
M Drive: (Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.5512 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9800 GT
Video Memory: 1024.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.6658
Driver Date: 1/7/2011 10:27:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.5919
Driver Date: 8/18/2009 4:32:00 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: GA-MA785GM-US2H
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20090916000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1360x768
3D Resolution: 1360x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Compatiblity
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 628919 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1950.201102010039.0
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I also had this problem and I deleted the CoH.checksum and once it reloaded - I used Auslogic disk defragmenter and on the drop down did an Optimize for the drive and everything was up and running no issues since.

Have you tried letting your computer sit for five to ten minutes when it gets stuck at the "loading" screen? There was a change in the last patch that made part of the loading process much slower than it used to be; it might be hitting your computer especially hard.