Hello, Although many people would say that it is important to know where everything is, as accurately as possible, it don't 'alf cripple the system having slocate kick in everytime the PC is booted (yep, typically once a day) ! In itself slocate in not particularly resource hungry. But having something going hammer and tongs at the hard disk effectively brings the system to a halt !! And I'm not exaggerating ! Owen
