Robert: I did as you suggested but for some reason, "fast Shutdown" is not in my msconfig. What's up with that? Also, I installed the shutdown supplement from MSN awhile back. Shouldn't that have fixed it? Im in a real qaundry over this. All help is more than appreciated. JIM ===== Jim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://nospin.com/pc/pcbuild.html