23-10-11, 07:07 PM
Download Startup Control Panel from http://mlin.net and then check the list of what is actually loading on startup against this list: http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
You may (probably will) find that a whole lot of crap is being loaded which you don't need eg "quick start" routines for things like Adobe Reader (which is actually only useful if you use it several dozen times a day), prune all those out and only let the things you really need load and that should help.
Also download Startup Monitor from the same site which will warn you if anything subsequently tries to add itself to your startup list without asking.
You may (probably will) find that a whole lot of crap is being loaded which you don't need eg "quick start" routines for things like Adobe Reader (which is actually only useful if you use it several dozen times a day), prune all those out and only let the things you really need load and that should help.
Also download Startup Monitor from the same site which will warn you if anything subsequently tries to add itself to your startup list without asking.