Hi Michael,

>>Turning off the virus checking would be a good idea in most cases ... except that we're not running antivirus software on the machine in question. Ironically, the machine that IS running Norton AV 2002 is the one that can "get latest" the fastest!

Oh no, maybe you should install NAV2002 on the slow machines - LOL - that's really crazy ...

I'm sorry, but I can't think of anything else, if you've applied the latest patches and don't have anti-virus software running ... Hope someone else has an idea.

Regards,
Armin