Re: Computer wizards????
Is this your new Compaq? If so, check to see what sort of pre-installed software came with it. When I got mine, I immediately wiped and started w/a fresh install from the re-image disks. I didn't install all the 'add-ons' and that helped a lot.
Follow the other instructions as indicated here on eliminating startup apps. If you've done both (re-image and removal of all non-essential startup apps), you'll likely have to deal with it - more memory or HD won't likely help much on faster startup (defrag regularly if you edit files a lot).
I've got a ton of essential software running on mine at startup, so now I never shut it down - I have it hibernate, which kicks it right back up - takes no more than 1 minute to re-start in the same place as I left when shutting it off. If your laptop is like mine, you should be able to set up the 'power' button to actually be the hibernate button.
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