I just bought a compaq laptop that took forever to boot. Using good old msconfig i went to the startup tab and saw 21 programs listed. My jaw dropped. All sorts of garbage I have NEVER used and probably never will. I quickly unchecked all but 3 items and uninstalled all of the other programs.
Its one thing to overload the computer with garbage but loading it with shareware and 30-day trial software is USELESS!!