Anyone familiar with smsx.exe? It normally starts up with windows and is found in my c:\\winnt\system32\ folder but I've since diabled it until I know what it is. Since my computer has been acting slow in the last few hours, I decided to troubleshoot the problem and this is the only thing I've found that looks odd. I can't find it on the web or at Symantec website either so just wondering. Susan -- ____________________________________________________ Another FREE service from Jayde Online http://www.jayde.com Private,Web-based email accounts at http://www.jaydemail.com Powered by Outblaze Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.