Thanks for those links...I remember doing this once before, but, couldn't remember what I had done...I suppose the registry value is added everytime you install a newer version of messenger. I saved those instructions for future use. Thanks! Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:04:43 -0500 From: ~OoO~ <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express Opening Slowly...Again! First off... everything I just read now is saying that removing or disabling MSN can cause OE to open slowly... so I would double check that route there. Here's links to that info I found: http://tinyurl.com/5djvf and this http://tinyurl.com/4l2ea and very good info here too... http://tinyurl.com/4dpnz While you're at it, this one has a good tidbit as well: http://tinyurl.com/6oc9x And... now for my own input... have you ran all the appropriate adware and spyware apps? If not, get to work... download, install and run (if you haven't done so already). Make sure they're up-to-date every time you run it. My recommendations, as probably everyone else's is, if you don't already have these, is: Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Spybot http://www.safer-networking.org SpywareBlaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html And, now the new Microsoft AntiSpyware http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx or use this link: http://tinyurl.com/47cus Cover all the spyware angles, just in case. Ok.. I've spoke too much! Hope some of this helps. ---Troth -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk