<p>There is an option to autostart MediaPortal with windows in mp configuration.</p><p>According to scythe this option starts MP before directX is ready.</p><p>This causes MP to intermittently hang on the startup whenever directX is not ready.</p><p>The workaround for users is to disable autostart with windows, and use windows task scheduler to start MediaPortal. &nbsp;Note the delay startup options in settings does not fix this problem because the delay happens already after MP has begun to load.</p><p>Forum threads:<br /><a data-cke-saved-href="http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mp-1-40-initializing-direct-3d-hang.120908/#post-1019188" href="http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mp-1-40-initializing-direct-3d-hang.120908/#post-1019188">http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mp-1-40-initializing-direct-3d-hang.120908/#post-1019188&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /><a data-cke-saved-href="http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/direct3d-could-not-be-created-after-resume.119910/#post-1005337" href="http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/direct3d-could-not-be-created-after-resume.119910/#post-1005337">http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/direct3d-could-not-be-created-after-resume.119910/#post-1005337&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>