On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 11:02 -0700, lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Bob, > > I have a current Norton's on the sick machine and an out of > subscription Norton's on the well one - go figure. Also I ran FixIt > Pro and it didn't show any improvement. I am going to install a > firewall - not sure if I'll stick with Norton's. > > AZ > > Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! > The Lookaround Book. > Now an E-book. > http://www.panoramacamera.us > > You might give this a try , http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5 I have had good luck on windows machines with this in the past. Also...you can run msconfig (98 and Xp) to see what apps are auto-starting in the background. I have found this to be very informative when troubleshooting slow computers. Good Luck, jd