On 28 Oct, David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <4542861C.1080604@xxxxxxxx>, Clive Bonsall > <C.Bonsall@xxxxxxxx> writes > >After a scan ... 45 seconds to Save Frame As > >Now, I notice I get the a similarly slow Save As response from MSWORD. > What can happen with Windows is that it has a list of visited folders > and some of those no longer exist (e.g. on a network) there is then a > long delay whilst it attempts to look at them. What *does* happen with Windows (unless you tweak certain bits of the registry) is that it checks all known drives are actually present/accessible before accessing the one you told it to use (which might actually be the local (C:) This becomes a bigger problem when you have networked machines and one presenting a shared folder/drive is either not present or slow responding. For people with just single (standalone) machines the quickest way to slow them down is to plug in a USB memory stick that only works with USB1 speeds. -- Steve Pampling