Randy, I can't give you a precise answer, but here is a link that I picked up from (I think) this list some days ago: Default Processes in Windows 2000 (Q263201) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q263201 Look around at Microsoft's web site and look for Default Processes for your WIndows version. HTH Göran Halfvarson, Sweden | -----Original Message----- | I recently checked my running tasks and found 3 | kernel32.dll's running. | Same version, same size, same path. Is this the norm. They | are eating up alot of memory. --- | Randy S. The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com