Have you noticed this
AutoCAD Startup Accelerator in the Startup folder of the Start menu? Go to
Start --> All Programs --> StartupAccelerates the startup of AutoCAD by populating disk cache
Ya don't say!! Some how I don't believe them. There is more crap running in the background then you can believe. Start acad and try this:
C:\>tasklist
::you'll find these in the table::
acad.exe 3580 Console 0 33,632 K
AdskCleanup.0001 4036 Console 0 864 K
AdskScSrv.exe 3872 Console 0 1,532 K
WSCommCntr1.exe 2056 Console 0 5,164 K
those are all started by acad 2005. great..........!!