Good recommendations donn,

I would love to have this computer stripped to the basics but unfortuantely im not sure if i will be given permission to do that. Its on the local network here at work, and has files that the other computers need to access.

My cnc has done what you were talking about in the past, where it would be really erratic in the chatter. I think that was before i dummed this computer down to the state that its in. The only thing running is the AV software, and I have the auto updates shut off and no scheduled scans, but that still could have been the problem.

thanks for your help.

tyler