Am running Win 2000 on workstations. The server, a Win 2000 Server, is running a program that when a data base is accessed, runs very slowly UNLESS auto protect is turned OFF. Have tried setting up the Auto-Protect Exclusion List with no luck. The directory on the work station that has the program is "E:\" and the directory that has the Pervasive software is "F\". "E:\RDPNT\RDP" and "F:\PVSW" need to be excluded, do they not? All programs on the server are on drive "C\".