Possible Solution to Slow Startup of Applications in Windows 8
Windows 8 has a false delay before startup applications are loaded
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This should increase the speed at which ObjectDock is loaded, if you were having issues with that in Windows 8:
http://www.ghacks.net/2013/01/29/speed-up-the-loading-of-windows-8-start-up-programs/
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize]
"StartupDelayInMSec"=dword:00000000