Safari very slow to open, then freezes

Safari takes about 2 minutes to open when I open it for the first time. After that, it is still slow. In fact, sometimes it will freeze and take a couple of minutes to unfreeze on its own. I also have Quicktime on my Windows XP computer and it has been suggested that in the Mac, the Quicktime plugins caused the problem with the delays. Assuming this may be correct, it shows eight plugins labeled "npqtplugin2.dll", "npqtplugin3.dll" etc. through number 8 in the program files. If I wanted to disable these which would I work with? Also, should this have this many?
I have tried to clean out the computer and disable applications (even the virus protection) and have reinstalled Safari a couple of times, but the delays were still there. I do use Java 6. I am open to any suggestions to solve this delay problem.
Thanks

I have an issue with safari. At first it was fast to boot up. Then over the months it got slower and slower until just recently it would not boot up at all. When you click on the icon the hard drive acivity light comes on and stays on and the drive runs continuously but nothing ever boots up. The computer has to be restarted to get the drive to stop and behave normally. All other software runs normally, including Itunes. I have made sure I have all of the latest updates for both Apple and Windows. I have uninstalled safari and reloaded from the web site but it does exactly the same thing...it makes my hard drive run but that is it. Memory? I run other very large applications including drafting/rendering/animation and mech/elect cad programs with no such issues. Apple tech support won't respond to e-mails....
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