Hello Lorraine, Hit the keys Ctrl + Alt + Del at the same time and this will bring up Task Manager. You should now see a listing of the programs/processes which are taking place. Select one, and choose End Task. Make sure to leave Systray and Explorer going. Odds are, you either have a virus detection program running that checks occasionally for changes, or Office Pro which has a couple of background tasks that go. FindFast being the main culprit. Give That A Shot HTH David A. Abbe [log in to unmask] At 08:46 AM 1/6/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, > I was told to close down some programs so the defrag can run smoothly. How >do I do that? Thanks, Lorraine Brauckhoff > > PCSOFT's List Owner's: > Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> > Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]> PCSOFT's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>