arcgis desktop - ArcMap, ArcCatalog slow to open on laptop with ample resources?

I have a recent installation or ArcGIS Desktop on a 64 bit Windows 7 Machine, with 8GB ram, intel core i7 processor, and a solid state drive.

It takes ~2 min to open either ArcMap or ArcCatalog from the start menu (e.g. without loading any data).

As a new installation, I have only the default folder connections.

Is this normal, or is it possible that there is something wrong with my installation?

Answer

After contacting the appropriate IT admin, I recieved the following instructions, resulting in load times closer to my expectation: ArcMap now takes ~4s, ArcCatalog ~3s to load.

1. Install ArcGIS service pack 3 (this did not change boot time on its own)


2. 
   

   run "esriremove.reg" to remove changes made by ArcGIS to the registry, the contents of esriremove.reg are:

   
   

   Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment]
   "ARCGIS_LICENSE_FILE"=-
   
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\License]
   "LICENSE_SERVER"=-
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ESRI\License]
   "LICENSE_SERVER"=-
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESRI\License10.0]
   "LICENSE_SERVER"=-
   
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ESRI\License10.0]
   
   "LICENSE_SERVER"=-
   



3. 
   

   re-install the single-user / off-site license (I had started with the single-user / off-site license, so this is not in and of itself the only issue).