I've actually found that using the "rely on msaa for listviews" option in windows explorer actually performs worse when reading through the list if you have details checked under the view menu. Using view details is the recomended setting. Unfortunately a reboot is sometimes your only option to help performance in windows explorer. The short answer is windows likes to be rebooted as often as possable I'll spare you the technical details of that for now. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx