>Hi George,
>
>I hav eno problems with that, nor Win98 / NT 4 gives the problem.
>Are you sure you have applied the latest service packs to your OS?
>
Erwin,

As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the problem went away after I got a BSOD that forced me to shut down the system without going through the normal shut down routine. This caused ScanDisk to run and after that, the problem was gone. Thanks for your suggestion, however.