I didn't see the note about 2K. Argh.

Once the file has been fully parsed I don't seem to get any slow downs. It's not affecting my connection speed beyond the time it takes to actually "register on the network" - it might be because I didn't wait 15 minutes after turning on my machine before running the dialer.

And of course running the findempeg program causes a nice HOSTS related delay as well, but it doesn't last that long.

So, is this 2K problem addressed in XP? I wouldn't consider switching off to any other OS. And in fact would like to hold off on XP until I move and hopefully some additional updates or a service pack are released.

Bruno