When I log into Second Life it gets to "preparing inventory" and stops. Why?

[Ayana Auer]

Why is it stopping at "preparing inventory"?

[Lexie Linden]

Residents with large inventories may find that Preparing Inventory takes a substantial period of time. While Second Life doesn't provide a  declared upper limit on the size of your inventory, extremely large  inventories may take an exceptionally long time to load, or may not  successfully complete during the login process.

The best solution is to always clear out unwanted objects from your inventory to keep it at a reasonable size.

If you're finding Preparing Inventory takes a long time,  allow the login process to continue. Exceptional cases (very large  inventories and low bandwidth) may take several minutes to fully  download.

Important: Windows XP may report that Second Life is Not Responding; this is a normal part of the login process and should be ignored.