You might start with running msinfo32.exe (it should come with your OS, if system tools were installed when the OS was installed) You can see if you have an Icon for the tool go from the start button down this path: Start->programs->accessories->system tools->system information When that tool comes up then select the tools button for system configuration utility then select the startup tab to see the list of what the system is running at startup. If you don't have an Icon you can see if you have the .exe at this location C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO>msinfo32.exe You can just run msinfo32.exe directly. If you don't have the file then it was not installed when the OS was installed. I think they were optional system tools. You should be able to install them from the CD. You could also just press to bring up the task list and see what you have running here is a list of what I had running before I started my network. explorer --- windows shell, provides the desktop systray --- provides the system tray of buttons ------- reminder -- popup reminder installed by some game hpcron -- utility for the HP scanner newsalrt -- utility to download news alerts dssagent -- for my sound card control apiptaaa -- for my ATI video card mdm -- for my debugger ahqtb -- for my RW CD ROM You can select end task to kill some of the programs (to see what is causing your problem). You probably don't want to kill explorer and systray as these are part of the OS and are not causing your problem. If you kill explorer the shell will disappear but it should start back up automatically. If you kill systray, the system tray with the icons of the running programs will disappear. You can try to kill files from the task list one at a time to see what they do and which one caused your problems. When I first got my machine 7 months ago I cleaned it up so that only the core OS files were running. after several months of running programs I now have these files running. Time to clean up again. hope this helps. -jb ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Huisman" To: Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Virus , IE or hardware? > Andy, > > Thanks for the prompt response > > The problem occurred also before recent install of IE 6 when I was running > IE5.5 > > Does this have the same problem ? > > Regards > > David Huisman > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics