This will probably be my last response here Kona.....I have neither the time nor inclination to deal with these fucking Stardock servers any longer. You can email me (if you no longer have my email addy, PM me once and I'll send it to you).

First off, don't forget to re-install Java and turn off the update feature. You could have saved yourself the bother. I did tell you not to un-install until you checked for other active schedulers running ...which you had a ton. When you're in my class, pay attention...  

As to the boot time. If I had to guess (and I do) my money is on COMODO. It has/had a rep for "forgetting" settings and thus when you boot up it is re-evaluating all the programs that start up. The faster the machine...the faster the process (4 minutes is just plain unacceptable on anything). The easiest way to check is to prevent it from loading on Startup. (Note: do not un-install it until you determine it as the source of the problem and one you can't live with). I know a while back the problem was discussed and, as far as I know, addressed, so make sure you have the latest build.

Let me know...just somewhere else.

Christ ! that's bloody slow even the comp i'm on when it had the 5400rpm hd ,256mb of ram & needed a defrag as well as the hdd being full could still boot xp in under 2 min's.

Assuming comodo is'nt the culprit & since i don't have vista i can only go by what i did with xp to get things moving along,which basicly means trial & error,for starters tech republic has articles & pdf's on speeding up boot time of vista,both links provided below are to the same article,the next step is do you really need stuff in the startup like "quick start office", adobe has the same startup entry & other startup entry nonsense that hp are only too happy to supply,plus crap like hpsysdrv in task manager etc,other than that it's a matter of tweaking this n that.

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/2415-10877_11-91600.html



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