Ian...PSP had an image loaded...couple of them actually...I just checked it right after load--it was about 900k. In my other message I stated I got the deal to about what yo have by pulling things out of the startup group.. It is almost identical to what you have. I'll try turning off the XP interface and see if that speeds up the processing of Poser 5.... I'm going to set up multiple users with a pretty much generic startup for oser 5...turn off as much as possible without causng system problems...then another that loads my tablet, scanner, and so forth....I would think this would help quite a bit. The qttask...it is the Quicktime tra ican executeable, but I don't have that active on my taskbar...its just using resources for nothing--its history :)

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