Just got back here after changing systems a couple times. Good to be back. Just lately, when I enter on an mp3 file, winamp takes at least a full half minute to start playing the file. It also takes a very long time when starting it from the desktop icon. I am running Windows XP Pro, JAWS 11, Winamp 5.33. Any ideas? Thanks. Howard Making your enemy reliant on software you support is the best revenge.