I have a VB6.0 application that creates an Excel spreadsheet and updates 1 table in a SQL Server (2000) database. When I run the application from the Visual Basic environment, no problem. Takes about 12-15 minutes to complete. However, if I install this application on a workstation (XP) and run it, it takes over 2 hours. I created a logfile to monitor the execute process and the "slowness" appears to come from the section that performs the table update. When I run from the VB environment, the update takes less than a second. When I run from the installed app, the update takes 3-4 seconds. All other functions/procedures in the application run quick as a bunny, only the update slows the whole thing down. Any ideas why there is a difference between running from VB environment and installed app? The update is a fairly straight-forward SQL UPDATE statment. Thanks in advance, Michael A. Martin