After Bios Update through thinkvantage, takes forever for PC to be active

Hi ,
I just wanted to say after lenovo update's very useful update, my pc now takes a good minute after boot-up for it to be responsive. Now, after boot, the connecting to internet circle just spins and stops. during this time, nothing else can be opened. when i click on itunes, the win 7 icon shows that it is active and then it goes dim again as if it was closed again. nothing works until the network is connected.
thanks for the update...not
any suggestions to reverse this other than reinstalling win 7? or do i just have to deal with this inconvinence since lenovo doesnt realize their update actually messes up their systems?

I would also report this to Lenovo since posting the issue on the forum is not the same as contacting them directly.
You've not indicated which machine, configuration you have. I would boot and go into the bios since it may have changed something. Save and reboot seeing how it is then.
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