Wow! I just shaved well over a minute off the time between login and start-button available by getting rid of all the xp office 'Alternative Input' 'features'.
Searched for ctfmon.exe and found information and instructions @ microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282599
Ctfmon remains, but boot time is much improved.
This is an XP sp2 workstation that is part of a Windows 2000 Domain. Thanks.