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Hi--

I recently installed some software (adobe reader 8.0 and matlab), and now when I boot my computer into XP sp2 (I have a dual boot with ubuntu, if that helps), it will boot to the password screen fairly quickly, but then when i enter my password, it takes a while for the icons to appear (maybe a minute or two), and then it just sits there like it's hung for almost an hour while it loads all the programs into the task tray. If i try to shut down, it asks me to end programs such as "ACWLIcon.exe", "TpShocks.exe", and ACWinService.exe". I am led to believe that these are programs that should be running as part of normal system operation, but they take forever to load. When I open the task manager, it says that system idle is using 99% of the processor, when it should be trying to load windows completely. If i let the computer sit for an hour or so, it will have finished loading and everything appears to run fine.

My system is a lenovo thinkpad T60, 2.0 GHz, 2 GB ram, windows XP SP2 with a dual boot to ubuntu linux. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Neal