things are much faster now.
installed StartUp COP (YES IT WORKS!)
and RegClean 3.0 (not MS)http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/
the only thing at start-up now is mobosync.exe/logon
did a defrag, after taking out all the other things at start-up.
also, i cut down the services to 12 services set on AUTOMATIC at start-up.
i'm happy now!
yes, there is a slight delay on the desktop...but much less now that there are only 12 services.
everything works great!