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With help from Soluto support, I finally got Soluto installed and restarted the computer.
After the first restart, I looked at the Soluto information and subsequently deleted several startup items (2.56 seconds removed from boot time).
I also temporarily removed Nova backup from the list of applications that run at startup. This removed 0.1 minutes from total boot time. This startup item will be restored for next restart
I then restarted the system and again looked at the Soluto information. Soluto reported a total boot time of 2.15 minutes. However, the continuous hard drive activity and slow response issue continues for several minutes after the desktop is displayed (e.g., boot sequence completed).
The boot time graphical analysis Soluto presents is shown in the attached file. Detail for the individual segments shown can only be seen if you individually click on a displayed segment.
I attempted to temporarily prevent Kaspersky AV from running at startup by deleting/modifying the registry key that causes it to run. I was unable to do so because Windows will not allow that key to be deleted or modified!
I have posted about this same issue on the Kasperky forum but have not yet received a response.
I'm not sure where to go from here --- any further suggestions would be welcomed!
C.