Hi Roger, I doubt the slowness is down to SP2, but more a symptom of something starting up that is causing it. You might want to take a close look at what exactly is starting and why. George. ________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of roger.south Sent: 03 March 2006 10:51 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] XP SP2 I have done a clean re-install of XP Home and a couple of days ago my Windows Updates notified me of SP2. I allowed it to update and now my start up is so slow and lengthy I can almost go and made a cup of tea whilst waiting for it. This used to happened before the install but I put it down to the volume on the machine but before this installation of SP2 the start up was the fastest it's ever been but now it's painful. Is it a symptom of the update or is there something I can do? In fact do I really need SP2? Many thanks Roger