Well I figured out the source of the delay in my startup sequence. Thanks for all the ideas that came from the list I appreciate the help. I tried to start MS Word last night and out of the blue it went through it's font optimization routine. And it took forever!!. Just then it hit me. I had messed around with some extra fonts that I were on the computer when I bought it (prior owner included them on an Ebay purchase). Turns out I had accidently installed almost 2300 fonts. After pairing that back to less than 100 or so, it's cured. Back to its speedy self at startup. Thanks again, Jeff