Thanks for all the advice.
By slow I mean it can take up to 10 minutes before it can be used. It was not like this when we got it.
I do run CCleaner nearly everyday to get rid of all the detritus that websurfing gives you.
I suspect that a good look at the HD to see exactly what is on there would be useful. We do have some fairly large programs such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop CS5 & lightroom, and some games that Junior has put on. 'My Documents' is also there but I'm sure that is not too big either.Still, hard to see how it all adds up to so much space.
We do have Spybot so I will give the advanced mode a look but I'm sure I have used the CCleaner to do something similar. Ditto Defraggler (never heard of that)
To repeat my orginal plea: is there a Vista utility or program that will enable me to either step through the start-up or log it so I can see what ios taking the time.
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Vista Laptop slow to start 
Vista Laptop slow to start