T43p is going to freeze for 2 minutes on every xp startup

Hello to everyone. I'm as new in this forum as i'm new to my Thinkpad T43p. Unfortunately i've got one problem with my notebook. Hopefully someone of you may help me with this:
i already did a complete and fresh new windows xp installation to get rid of the problem (deleting and using the whole partition), and everything works fine (some test reboots) until i installed the very first driver: ThinkPad Wireless LAN (11a/b/g). After rebooting i had the same problem as before ... after logging on to xp the whole thinkpad is freezing for EXACTLY 2 Minutes!
Meanwhile i completed the system with all of the drivers and ibm software again, and everything (including WLAN!) works fine and fast, except those 2 minutes waiting after loging on to windows... its not so bad one time - but if you have to wait 2 minutes on every single reboot/restart this is really really boring!
Some, maybe helpful, facts and informations:
- System: ThinkPad T43p (2668-CTO = 2668YAC)
- OS: Windows XP professional SP1 (on fresh installation, fully updated to SP3 now)
- WLAN adapter: IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II (info taken from device manager)
- WLAN driver: ThinkPad Wireless LAN (11a/b/g) version 5.3.0.85
- WLAN test: successful
Symptoms:
- winlogon finishes completely, and the whole desktop including taskbar is showing up
- NO WLAN sign within the taskbar, harddrive led is flashing for a short period (about 10 seconds)
- harddrive led then STOPS flashing!
- no system activity at all for EXACTLY 2 minutes (with some rare really short harddrive led flickers)
- after those 2 minutes the startup procedure finishes normal, and the wlan icon is showing up on the taskbar
Some additional information:
- within those 2 minutes, when the system freezes, i can use/move the mouse, i can open the start menu like normal - but - if i select any function which should open any window, nothing will happen until those 2 minutes are over... then - after those 2 minutes - every programm or function i started will pop up imediately at the same time.
Thanks a lot for any reply!
Message Edited by OLove on 10-28-2008 10:12 AM
T43p 2668-YAC i915PM/GM 73.66(1.29) 1.73GHz 1GB, X300 128MB, 6cell, XPpro SP3

I dont have a glue, but it might be that the wlan tries to connect to the rest of the world - even if its not configured to do so... if that, is there any way to check this or to disable that behaviour?
Any ideas?
Message Edited by OLove on 11-01-2008 01:21 PM
T43p 2668-YAC i915PM/GM 73.66(1.29) 1.73GHz 1GB, X300 128MB, 6cell, XPpro SP3

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