[rdb3]

My version of XP Pro takes between five & ten MINUTES to boot.

Interesting. One of the few nods I'd give XP over Win2K is the time it takes to boot. From POST to logon, I've always found XP to be faster. Having said that, are you talking about actual boot time, or the item(s) in your "Startup" folder loading? There is a difference.

And today was a good day...

[skeeter]

Interesting. One of the few nods I'd give XP over Win2K is the time it takes to boot. From POST to logon, I've always found XP to be faster. Having said that, are you talking about actual boot time, or the item(s) in your "Startup" folder loading? There is a difference.

Windows comes up pretty fast, so I assume I don't have a hardware problem.I'm talking about the time it takes to load the items on the task bar.

I've tried several of the suggestions I've been given here, but nothing seems to work. I've been putting off reformatting entirely, but I'm afraid thats next.