Originally Posted by
Thermuda
Have to tried just setting the other device as default instead of outright disabiling it? I had a similar issue when I bought a new webcam which has a microphone built in, and by default Windows always seems to take the new device on install of drivers as default, requiring you to go back in and change it.
If its taking time to open things in Windows sounds like your PC might be getting bogged down a bit? Does this happen when you run games for example or navigate through file structures?