I will word this the best I can. The following happens whenever I try to open or save an Excel, Word, or Outlook file running XP Pro. You know how you have the drop down list to show you your desktop folders and files whenever you want to find a file to open or save it to a different folder. Well it takes forever to show me this list whenever I click on the down arrow. I wish I could submit a screen shot. I am simply trying to look at the contents of my hard drive, shouldn't that be instantaneous? Something seems fishy. The steps I take using Excel for intance is: File, Open, Look In, and when I click the button to see my desktop folders it sits there thinking about it for a while. Can anyone help? Thanks