I have done a clean re-install of XP Home and a couple of days ago my Windows Updates notified me of SP2. I allowed it to update and now my start up is so slow and lengthy I can almost go and made a cup of tea whilst waiting for it. This used to happened before the install but I put it down to the volume on the machine but before this installation of SP2 the start up was the fastest it's ever been but now it's painful. Is it a symptom of the update or is there something I can do? In fact do I really need SP2? Many thanks Roger