Startup problem with Network

[disptchr]

Every time I start my computer my network connection takes forever to start, then on my desktop I get a network connection with a red x through it. It is a "Local Area Connection, Network cable is unplugged. Nividia NForce networking co....." I don't have anything to plug into it as I am using a different network connection.
Is there someway to fix this so it does not always try to start. Is there someway to delete the network connection?

Be gentle, this is a new one for me :}

[Panama Red]

Control Panel>Network Connections>Disable the one in question by right clicking and select Disable. See if that helps.

[disptchr]

It comes up disabled because at first it was telling me it was unable to locate the network.
So, I disabled it, now it takes 45 secs after all the other programs are loaded to come up and my computer won't do anything until it finishes loading.

[glc]

Disable it in the bios and uninstall the driver.

[disptchr]

One question, after I disabled it in the BIOS there was no driver to delete.
Should I have deleted the driver first and then disabled it?