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ok! thanks. glad to know those 2 are the only causes. i'll try other softwware, (and defragment my drives ) thank you very much ^^

Hi MagicAndre1981, here it is. the one with the processmonitor trace. i've updated my graphics driver as you advised, and cleared off some programs that are not needed in autoruns. but i might have to leave comodo and MSE in for now, or i would have no internet security >.< thanks for the advise thus far!

here it is

hello, i've used the method described in your post, and obtained a reduction from 120k to 80k ms. is it possible to decrease this even further? I've looked through the event viewier.. I did not see anything that I can shave seconds from. Thanks for the awesome guide!