Hey everyone,
Another great piece of software I use. It's called Startup delayer. You set it to delay some of the apps that automatically start on your computer.
After analyzing the CPU and Hard Disk usage of each startup program, I was able to integrate a delay for each app to start. This will result in a smoother startup.
Give it a shot and let me know.
http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?page=2&show=startdelay