Spyder~

Yes, I couldn't even cancel the scandisk in normal mode............it had already frozen.

I increased the page buffers from 12 to 32 and that didn't help (that can help with some msgsrv32 problems )

I use WinPatrol partly as a diagnostic tool as it lets you suspend programs then turn them back on a the click of a mouse.

Please let me know how you get on

Cheers