W500 - Looong wait at Windows 7 Startup

For some weeks now the startup of my Windows 7 has been taking way longer than usual. After I log into my account the windows desktop loads, but the system basically stays unresponsive for 3-4 minutes. Evrething I do during that time (like starting programs or opening context menus) is then executed at once, when the system comes out of that state.
I cannot pinpoint any change to the software, that may have caused this. Also doing a diagnostic startup using msconfig has no effect.
Anybody experience something similar and / or knows how to go about fixing this? It's really annoying.

Hello mate,
Defragment your HDD and remove useless startup programs.
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Not sure why that posted as HTML...Here it is easier to read...sorry about
that!
My CS4 install went fine on my Vista 32 system and everything's working as
it should. However, I'm consistently finding this error message "please wait
while windows configures Adobe Acrobat 9" popping up. It is already
installed. I didn't open it first (because I DID read the readme file which
said not to!). This popup happens when I right-click on something on
the desktop or in the start menu. I've tried just cancelling it and I've
tried letting to proceed and neither keeps it from happening again. Either
way, after it goes away I then get the intended action (ie: if right click
the menu drops).
Based on this KB link which describes the exact same issue only in Acrobat
6:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=330293&sliceId=1
I was hopeful there'd be a similar solution for the new version. I hate to
go through the gyrations of uninstalling and reinstalling if it isn't going
to fix it. Everything else is working. This is more of a nusance than
anything else. It's not like it keeps me from working. Therefore it's hard
to justify hours on the phone with tech support when they're clueless and
walking me through a script to nowhere! I've treid twice already but lost
patience both times. I posted on that same ticket online a week ago with NO
response yet. Is it normal for Adobe's online support to not respond after a
week? Seems pretty poor to me.
Anyone else seen this?
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Thanks,
Sheila

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To HP and Company
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