Here's an interesting freeware prog I found courtesy 'PC Utilities' magazine http://www.majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d6148.html Its aimed at gamers...not me, but I reckon this is a great way of shutting down un-necessary Windows garbage....useful for Cubase eh? You can of course do all this kind of stuff manually but its a quick way to free off resourses. Probably wise to suspend your internet connection though. I havn't tried it thoroughly but it looks useful. LL