Hi all, I have a very annoying computer. It is running awefuly slow, even when one application is running, and the minimum applications are in the background (Norton AV, modem, and Babylon sometimes). I too often encounter the "white square" which replaces the red X on the explorer upper corner, and it stays stuck like that for a long time, sometimes even 30 sec... I know my hard-disk is sometimes full (maybe 2% free), but I've tried formating and putting the basics back on but got only a small change, if any. This makes me believe I probably have a hardware problem, but I'm not sure of that. I hope someone could point out some lead or hint. I am including the summery of the Norton report. Thanks a lot, Tal. ******************** * System Summary * ******************** Processor: GenuineIntel Family 15 Model 1 1.7 GHz Stepping 2 Math Support: Present BIOS: D845HV - 20011116, 11/16/01 Bus Type: PCI, ISA, USB Ports: 1 Parallel, 3 Serial Memory: 128 MB (80% Utilized) Floppy Disks: 1.44 MB Hard Disks: 37.31 GB Multimedia: Sound, CD-ROM Video: 800 x 600 in 64K Colors, NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro (Microsoft Corporation) Ver. 6.14 < Operating System > Windows: 5.1 (Build 2600) Net Clients: Microsoft Terminal Services Microsoft Windows Network Web Client Network ***************************** * Memory Report - Summary * ***************************** < General Information > Memory Utilization: 80% Total Physical Memory: 128 MB (134217728 Bytes) Available Physical Memory: 14.6 MB (15310848 Bytes) Page File Capacity: 475 MB (497815552 Bytes) Available Page File capacity: 128 MB (134426624 Bytes) < Programs and Libraries: > 32-Bit Applications SVCHOST.EXE: 3.10 MB 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