Nick, In my experience, long application startups and reasonable performance afterward are usually a result of the system searching for something in the PATH that's no longer there. Use the set command to show you the entire path, then make sure all the drives are actually available and readable. HTH, Raff -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robinson, Nick Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 6:17 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Slowness This is a little off subject but I know you guys are extremely knowledgeable. I'm having desktop problems as to when I try to open any application whether it's a windows program (windows explorer) or an application such as word, my computer waits about 30 seconds to a minute before it opens. Once opened the program works great? Just takes forever to open any and all programs. I'm having this same problem with several computers at this location. Running Windows XP Pro and plenty of RAM (256 and above). Anyone have any ideas or experiencing the same problem? Thanks Nick Robinson NRobinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx