Hi, I had a similiar problem in a Dell running Norton A/V 2000. Configuration was wrong in A/V but took awhile to find because it would run fine all day and need a re-boot in morning. Best thing to do is go into MSConfig (Start, Run, msconfig, enter) and only have bare minimum programs run at startup & watch resources. If fine, add a few at a time until trouble reappears. Then eliminate one at a time. Good luck! Les Barnes BC wrote: > > I seem to be having a real problem in system resources lately. Upon booting > up and looking in the system performance table in Device Manager/System my > starting Performance stats start at 63%! Every 5 or 10 minutes it decreases > by 2 or 3 percent with nothing initialzed. The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com