Hello, Thanks for taking the time to read this....
Every start-up lags...first a couple of icons load up (volume, AVG Free...). Then I have to wait for the computer to stop thinking before I can connect to internet etc...if i click on 'connect' too soon, the icon just freezes until finally, everything pours through...like the firewall loads and everything is then fine. I have an HP P1000 (which has cardreaders) hooked up, as well as a maxtor onetouch. The printer is always on, and the drive is rarely on during boot.