Hi mate, I have had exactly the same problem for around 4 months now. I have also started seeing a much increased boot-up time since the problem first started.

I have been unable to identify any solutions at all and have tried most avenues including my ISP (Virgin.net).

I have a feeling in my water that this problem might be linked to either Windows Office 2007 or ZoneAlarm. Office because I installed that around the same time and ZoneAlarm as that now takes ages to boot-up on start/re-start.

I would be grateful to know if there are any similarities between our posts that might help identify a common thread. If not I will delete Office and let you know the outcome.

Andy