I want to reduce the intensive disc activity immediately after log

> Hi,
>
> I do not have a problem with my Home Premium, as such, but I would really
> like to be able to reduce the time during which there is intensive disk
> and
> memory activity which goes on for many minutes after my desktop background
> first appears after logging in.
>
> I did try to see what was going on by running Task Manager > Processes,
> set
> to show CPU usages, but the movements were too frequent and too fast for
> me
> to pinpoint any particular program. All I could see were services etc
> using
> large chunks of memory and CPU time.
>
> Are there any unnecessary services or tasks being run? How can I find out?
> Or is it a function of the power of my CPU and the amount of memory
> installed? Do you think adding more memory will speed things up? I have
> 1GB
> of fast memory and suppose I could add another 1GB. The CPU is another
> matter. I do not think that I can upgrade the CPU any more. It would need
> a
> later motherboard and a whole new set of components.
>
> Many thanks for your views
> Roy Mayo.
> --
> Correct me if Im wrong, but hasnt the fine line between sanity and madness
> gotten finer?