I have not been able to solve this problem using all the methods I know of. It seems that the system works fine, but if I upgrade ANY driver, and it has to go thru that Updating Hardware Driver Information Database, it takes around 30-40 minutes for it to do that - once it does, everything else runs at normal speed again. I have all drivers updated for the motherboard (Abit KT7-RAID), all video, AGP, Via 4-in-1, sound, modem, etc - updated now. But if a new driver comes out for anything, I'm in for a long wait - any ideas what might be causing this or suggestions on what to look for? <IMG SRC="smilies/confused.gif" border="0">