OK. That should not be the problem. I'ld next look at what else is running - you know Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc. There may be some applications in your Start menu that you could shift to manual startup - generate another Start folder called by a different name, that you can recognise easily when you want to access those items - or put them on your Quick Launch toolbar, or even just on your desktop. Cheers, Brian. Anil said: 512MB RAM after I asked him: How much RAM is on the freezing computer? ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************