Ok, before you ask - I did not go AWOL! LOL - I'm still about, just taking a short break.... check, done. Right... next odd thing - Im writing about something non-sharepoint! OK, no lynching me James... Ever experienced a random complete slowdown? Well, it happens from time to time, and sometimes Im even lucky enough to nail it to a particular part of the network or group of machines. Either that or someone is doing some serious downloading - usually one of my techs ...