Hello! I have a client who has a 2 year old Dell with Win2K installed on a peer to peer network. This machine has had issues since the day it arrived, but it is useable. Here's the latest: On a reboot (or cold start), the machine boots up fine to the desktop (and just before I can see the momentary flash of the connection made to a mapped network drive). After maybe 10 seconds at the desktop, the hourglass disappears and all seems wonderful. Two anomalies: the network connection icon in the system tray is not there, and the Norton AV (2002) auto protect is disabled (though in the system tray, it looks fine - no red X through the icon). All local programs work fine. However, I cannot access the network - more or less. When I click on Network Neighborhood, the status bar shows the correct number of objects, but the window is blank and the "program" says it is not responding. Attempting to access the *bad* computer from another on the network brings up an error message of access denied. And here's the fun part: after around 4 minutes after the desktop comes up, the network icon shows up in the system tray, and EVERYTHING works as it is supposed to. Norton's? I have to open the program and, poof, auto protect is back on. This happens whether I jump up and down, change settings, open programs, etc. It just takes 4 minutes to get going correctly (maybe it's just sleepy?). I would greatly appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. Please let me know if you need more information. Thanks! Will Stephenson Acadia Technologies Inc. mailto:[log in to unmask] The obvious is never obvious until someone tells you. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml