>1) Is it always the same place in the app?
Yes, the same places...

>2) What AV is running?

Mc Afee, tried with turning it off. Same effect

>3) What services are running on the new laptop that were not running on the old laptop?
Don't know, but the taskmanager is showing 0 - 4% activity.

>4) What are the specs of the new laptops?
I suspect significantly better than the old ones which ran fine. But I suspect that not beeing the cause as:
1. The harddisk is not busy,
2. The CPU is not busy
3. The network is not busy

Walter,