> on a RH system use > > service crond stop > run your audio apps > service crond start > > On most other ditributions use (or RH) > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/crond stop > run your audio apps > /etc/rc.d/init.d/crond start Maybe this is too general of a question, but trying to route out the answer seems like to would take a while. Is it common for any of the distibutions to set up cron jobs that just *have* to run at a certain time (or maybe *by* a certain period of time)? I'm talking about stuff that would compamise my system. I currently run SuSE 9.0 Professional. Should I take on the task of finding out everything I need to learn to answer this? I just have too many project to deal with. But turning off cron jobs seems like another good way to eliminate problems while recording. I'll take any advantage I can take. Thanks, Rocco