Howard kindly wrote: > Hi Richard ... just for your info, you can get to the "Services" by clicking > Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Services. I am running XP Pro, but > it's probably in the same place. Don't have that on HE, but I got there thru Run "services.msc" and followed the directions here: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm on which services were what, and which I could set to manual, or disable. Checked out another site with essentially the same information. Changed the registry (oh, oh!) as per Cuffy's advice for redrawing desktop icons. Haven't yet noticed whether on not there's an improvement. The other lag-time problem is still stubbornly there. I'm stuck. *Again,* thanx, you fine folks out there, for going to bat for me. Best regards, Richard VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx